Sopa negra is Costa Rican vegetarian black bean soup and some with time bell that is made from the cooking liquid from black beans and always includes hard boiled eggs. The dish is originally from Costa Rica with variations throughout Latin America This hearty bean soup is usually served with warm...

Olla Carne is a healthy vegetable beef soup that combines beef short ribs, acorn squash, sweet potato, chayote, corn on the cob and of course Costa Rican spices. Served with fresh white tortillas and Costa Rican white rice -there’s a reason this is the Costa Rican national dish. Olla de carne is...

Picadillos are famous in Costa Rica as one of most typical dishes.Picadillos are small chopped vegetables seasoned with meat, like a hash, and they’re usually served as a side dish to the traditional casado and accompanied with tortillas. The most popular picadillos in Costa Rica are potato...

The Casado is probably the most traditional dish in Costa Rican cuisine. It is not a singular dish, but a dish made up of many foods. In fact, it could be thought that a casado is a marriage of the foods that are served together, since marriage is the meaning of the word casado. Casado de pollo is...

Ceviche is a raw seafood dish that basically marries a Costa Rican chimichurri with fish. In a very traditional ceviche, the fish, shrimp, or other seafood is actually “cooked” in the lime juice. In Costa Rica, the ingredients for ceviche are usually just fish,plus lime juice, salt, ground black...

Chicharrones are an ingredient made by frying pork in fat, and are associated with several dishes. The traditional Costa Rican chicharron recipe that uses pork belly or boneless pork ribs- known in Spanish as chicharrón de cerdo. There is another type of chicharron in Costa Rica that is made from...

Paste de Yuca is a pie made with mashed yuca root, shredded meat, vegetable like bell pepper, tomatoes, onion garlic and other spices. This pie is very similar to a Shepherd's pie, but using yucca instead of potatoes. Yucca is a popular root here in Costa Rica, most commonly served as a side for...

Gallo Pinto is a breakfast dish made of rice and beans. The cuisine itself has roots in both Costa Rican and Nicaraguan culture, and is typically referred to as just “pinto” by the locals. When the beans and rice are mixed together, the create some coloring variations that make it look like the...

Chifrijo is a dish of mix two or more than two recipes. The traditional Costa Rican chifrijo combines white rice, red beans, chimichurri sauce, freshly fried chicharrones, avocado slices and tortilla chip. The name is a combination of the two main ingredients: chicharrones and frijoles. It is one...

Arroz con pollo means "rice with chicken" in Spanish. It is a classic dish of Spain and Latin America, with many different traditional ways to prepare it,unique to various countries. This dish can be as simple or as complex as your ingredients allow. Chicken, rice, and the chosen vegetables are...