Puerto Rican Food Recipes

I want to talk to you about Puerto Rican Food Recipes. A subject near and dear to my heart. Growing up my mom and my grandmother provided us with the daily food my family ate. Sometimes when you are accustomed to something you take it for granted. However, the first time I spent an extended time away from Puerto Rico I realized my home cooking was special.

If you are in a Puerto Rican restaurant or visiting Puerto Rico be sure to try some of these dishes:

1. Asopao de Pollo – A hearty chicken soup with rice. There are other variations like the one with shrimp or pigeon peas but for my money, the chicken is the one.
   
   
2. Mofongo relleno de camarones – This is a Meshed plantain dish that is usually a side dish but if you find the one stuffed with shrimp or seafood count yourself a lucky person.
   
   
3. Arroz con Pollo – Rice and chicken a Puerto Rican food recipe classic.
   
   
4. Carne Frita – Fried pork chunks. If you find a place that also adds some wilted onion on top this is a great find.
   
   
5. Chicharrones de Pollo – Deep fried chicken chunks, a tasty treat that can be eaten on its own as an appetizer or with rice and beans as a meal.
   
   
6. Pescado entero al Mojo Isleño – Whole fish with a tomato onion sauce. If you are in a coastal town in Puerto Rico and they have this on the menu you will be very happy you know about this great dish.
   
   
7. Tembleque – This is a treat it is like a light coconut custard that shakes like Jell-O. Hence the name tembleque, which can be loosely translated as jiggling.

8. Arroz con Dulce – Candied rice, another treat very common around Christmas but sometimes available the rest of the year.

So the next time you are in a Puerto Rican restaurant or home and you have the chance to taste any of these great Puerto Rican food recipes count yourself lucky and enjoy the meal.

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» left by desley from ohio (2 years 121 days ago.)
Hi Hugo,

I have a Puerto Rican Friend and would like to make a birthday cake for her.... any ideas?
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» left by Hugo Felix (2 years 116 days ago.)
I'm sure your friend would appreciate a Flan or even a fairly new type of dessert being done in PR which is called a Flancocho or Flan & Bizcocho (Cake in spanish). I have some suggestions for where to find recipes at my site The Minute Gourmet(all together in the URL). Search for these desserts or my website since I can't give you URL's here. I hope that helps.
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» left by vanessa villarreal from Edinburg,Tx. (1 year 61 days ago.)
hi hugo i have a spanish class and we need to make a puerto rico dish can you please help..
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» left by Holly from United states (280 days 21 hours ago.)

why hello there Hugo. I need to "pretend" to be a food writer for my FCS class. I would like to have some suggestions about what to write about if you dont mind.
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» left by beth from Michigan (181 days 15 hours ago.)
Hugo, I would like to know if there are some cooking classes targeted for a verrry recently retired classy woman in PR. We wanted to provide cooking classes as a retirement gift. Can you help us?

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» left by Hugo from PR, NJ, NY (132 days 12 hours ago.)

I apologize for getting back to you so late but I have been in vacation and entertaining guests.  You can try googling Chef Ignacio who is in the eastern part of the island and can even do in house classes.  It would be nice to know where in the island she is so that I can recommend someone close to her.  If you are looking for a cookbook as an alternative you can try Sabrosuras Boricuas look at my blog in my website (google theminutegourmet) which I highly recommend.  I hope this helps and please email me at the adress below for any additional questions.

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