Cuban mojo chicken is Cuban traditional dish, the spicy marinated chicken with mojo is baked and then grilled or broiled. The chicken is servedt alongside grilled avocado, a fresh salad, or plantains. It can be main dish or chopped up in tacos, fajitas, salads, or in sandwich wraps. Citrus juice in...

Camarones enchilados is a flavorful, classic Cuban dish, similar to a shrimp creole of Cajun cusine. Camarones enchilados translates roughly to spicy shrimp. It’s shrimp that’s cooked in a flavorful, and slightly spicy, with onions, peppers, garlic and tomato sauce. The dish is often served with...

Boliche Cubano is Cuban-style stuffed beef roast. The boliche is a tender slow cooked beef roast stuffed with ham or chorizo and olives, and cooked in a flavorful wine broth until the beef is meltingly tender. The citrus marinade brings out some wonderful flavors. Potatoes, carrots and olives are...

Rabo Encendido (Cuban Style Oxtail Stew) is in the top five iconic Cuban dishes of all time and every family has their own recipe. This Cuban dish of oxtails ingredients are cooked slowly,the oxtail with capsicums, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes and onions spiced with allspice, nutmeg and chillies.

Vaca Frita is shredded beef that’s quickly fried in a little bit of oil to create a crispy crust. It’s a popular Cuban dish that’s really easy to make and absolutely delicious. Related to ropa vieja, vaca frita translates to fried cow, and features beef marinated in lime, garlic, and salt, then...

Ropa vieja is one of the national dishes of Cuba, but is also popular in other areas of the region such as Puerto Rico and Panama, in Spain, and in the Philippines. It consists of shredded or pulled stewed beef with vegetables. Ropa vieja literally means "old clothes" in Spanish — the dish itself...

Pulpeta is the Cuban style meatloaf made with a combination of ground meat, eggs, onions, vinegar, cheese, breadcrumbs, tomatoes, dry wine, and herbs and spices such as oregano, bay leaves, cumin, and parsley, but instead of being cooked in the oven, the mix of seasoned ground beef and ham is fried...

Potaje de garbanzos is Cuban garbanzo bean stew . The dish iss a hearty chickpeas (garbanzo), simmered with Spanish chorizo, ham, smoked pork shank, Cuban calabaza and potatoes stew. This Potaje de garbanzos is an original Spanish dish from Galicia Spain. The dish is best served alone or with...

Picadillo Cua Cua is the Cuban version of hash and eggs, it is usually served with rice, and includes beef hash, eggs, and plantains. It is basically a classic Cuban recipe for ground beef that is typically eaten over white rice. It can also be used as a filling for tacos or empanadas. It's...

The Cuban sandwich, better known as a Cubano. The Cubano is filled with heavily seasoned pork roast and sliced ham alternating between layers of Swiss cheese and sour pickles, sometimes mayo. The sandwich is cemented together with yellow mustard and a garlic butter schmear. Baguette-like, crustier...

Medianoche is a type of sandwich which originated in Cuba. It is served in many Cuban communities in the United States. It is so named because of the sandwich's popularity as a staple served in Havana's night clubs right around or after midnight. A medianoche consists of roast pork, ham, mustard,...

Pan con lechon is a roast pork sandwich that’s really popular in Cuba and South Florida and it’s a delicious way to use leftover roast pork. It’s commonly used as a pork and chicken marinade like in the Cuban roast pork Pan con lechon translates to bread with roast pork, which is appropriate...

Chicharrones de pollo are crispy morsels of fried chicken, marinated with Latin spices and wrapped in a super crunchy crust. The dish is made of chicken thigh pieces marinated in a garlic, lime and rum marinade, dredged through flour and fried to perfection. Chicharron is typically made by dredging...

Frituras de malanga, or malanga fritters are grated malanga combined with egg and flavored with parsley, garlic, salt and vinegar. They’re crispy on the outside, tender and mild on the inside. In Cuban cuisine, frituras de malanga are served as an appetizer or snack. Malanga is a brown, hairy tuber...