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Alcapurrias is a Puerto Rican main courses built around beef. It takes 3 h in total and serves 6 to 8 (Makes 18 alcapurrias). It pairs well with mashed potatoes and roasted carrots.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-0044 · Hand-built original
Almojábanas are Puerto Rican fried rice-flour fritters with cheese, crisp outside and soft inside. This version uses cheddar, pepper jack, and cotija in the batter and serves the fritters with a mayonnaise, yogurt, and hot-sauce dip.
Main ingredient: cheese
Pairs well with: coffee, hot chocolate
HB-4214 · Hand-built original
Amarillos, also called plátanos maduros, are ripe brown plantains sliced and fried until golden and caramelized. Made with just plantains and oil, they are served as a sweet side dish, snack, or dessert.
Main ingredient: plantains
Pairs well with: arroz con gandules, picadillo
HB-4218 · Hand-built original
Arañitas are Puerto Rican fritters of shredded green plantain seasoned with garlic, salt, and pepper, fried in small clumps until crisp and golden. Their shredded edges, which resemble little spiders' legs, give the dish its name.
Main ingredient: green plantains
Pairs well with: mojito sauce, mayo-ketchup
HB-4219 · Hand-built original
Arroz con Dulce is a traditional Puerto Rican coconut rice pudding. Soaked short-grain rice is simmered in coconut milk infused with ginger, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and nutmeg, then sweetened with brown sugar and finished with ground cinnamon.
Main ingredient: rice
Pairs well with: coquito, tembleque
HB-4208 · Hand-built original
Make authentic Puerto Rican arroz con gandules: This fragrant pot of rice and pigeon peas is seasoned with sofrito, sazón, and adobo for deep, savory flavor.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-0094 · Hand-built original
Puerto Rican rice cooked with pigeon peas, rendered pork fat, red sofrito, tomato sauce and sazón, steamed under a banana leaf until the liquid evaporates.
Main ingredient: rice
HB-9336 · Hand-built original
Arroz con pollo is a Latin American favorite that’s easy to make and super filling, featuring tons of seasoned rice and juicy chicken.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-0099 · Hand-built original
Arroz Mamposteao is a Puerto Rican fried rice made from leftover white rice and stewed beans, tossed with fried sweet plantain, ham or bacon, peppers, onion, garlic, and sofrito. It is finished with sazón and fresh cilantro.
Main ingredient: white rice
Pairs well with: amarillos, avocado
HB-4211 · Hand-built original
Asopao de Pollo is a hearty Puerto Rican chicken and rice stew built on sofrito, adobo, and sazón. The rice cooks in the broth with the chicken, peas, and olives, giving the stew its thick, soupy body.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: tostones, avocado
HB-4205 · Hand-built original
Puerto Rican codfish fritters of shredded salted cod in a thin seasoned batter with onion, red bell pepper and sofrito, fried until lacy and crisp.
Main ingredient: fish
HB-9337 · Hand-built original
Carne Guisada is a Puerto Rican beef stew of seared beef cubes simmered low and slow in beef broth with sofrito, sazón, adobo, tomato paste, carrots, potatoes, and olives until fork tender. It is served over rice.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: rice, beans, tortillas
HB-4216 · Hand-built original
Chuletas Fritas are Puerto Rican fried pork chops marinated in vinegar, adobo, and sazón, seared until a crust forms, then finished in the oven to 145°F. They stay juicy inside while crisping outside.
Main ingredient: pork chops
Pairs well with: ensalada verde, arroz con gandules, roasted veggies
HB-4217 · Hand-built original
Coquito is a Puerto Rican dish built around milk. It takes 15 minutes (plus chilling) in total and makes 6–8 servings. It is prepared in a straightforward, home-style way.
Main ingredient: milk
HB-0674 · Hand-built original
A chilled coconut drink of cream of coconut, condensed milk, coconut milk and evaporated milk, flavored with a steeped tea of allspice, cloves, star anise and cinnamon sticks and finished with white and spiced rum.
Main ingredient: allspice berries
HB-9371 · Hand-built original
Empanadillas are fried Puerto Rican turnovers of buttery dough filled with picadillo — ground beef seasoned with sofrito, sazón, and adobo, with tomato sauce and olives. The sealed turnovers are fried until golden and crisp.
Main ingredient: ground beef
Pairs well with: arroz con gandules, mayoketchup
HB-4206 · Hand-built original
Flan de Queso is a Puerto Rican cream-cheese flan: a smooth custard of cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla baked in a water bath over a layer of caramel. It is chilled, inverted, and served in wedges with the caramel on top.
Main ingredient: cream cheese
Pairs well with: coffee, coquito
HB-4222 · Hand-built original
Guanimes are Puerto Rican cornmeal dumplings made from fine yellow cornmeal and coconut milk, wrapped in plantain or banana leaves and steamed. They are traditionally served with stewed codfish.
Main ingredient: cornmeal
Pairs well with: stewed codfish, stewed codfish with eggplant
HB-4221 · Hand-built original
Habichuelas Guisadas are Puerto Rican stewed red or pink beans simmered with sofrito, sazón, adobo, tomato sauce, and winter squash until the broth thickens. They are traditionally served over warm rice.
Main ingredient: red or pink beans
Pairs well with: white rice, mofongo
HB-4207 · Hand-built original
Ridiculously comforting, mofongo is an extra flavorful Puerto Rican dish—made from fried plantains and pork cracklings— that's worth getting to know.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-1509 · Hand-built original
Pastelón is a Puerto Rican baked casserole of fried sweet plantain strips layered with beef picadillo and mozzarella cheese, bound with beaten egg. It slices like a lasagna, combining sweet, salty, and cheesy flavors.
Main ingredient: plantains
Pairs well with: ensalada verde, pique
HB-4210 · Hand-built original
This Puerto Rican pernil recipe features marinated pork shoulder, which is roasted to perfection and served with bits of crispy pork skin.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-1715 · Hand-built original
Piononos are Puerto Rican plantain cups: fried ripe plantain strips are wrapped into muffin-tin cups, filled with beef picadillo and beaten egg, and baked until the egg sets. They combine sweet plantain with salty, seasoned beef.
Main ingredient: plantains
Pairs well with: arroz con gandules, white rice
HB-4220 · Hand-built original
The Piña Colada is Puerto Rico's classic blended cocktail of pineapple, cream of coconut, and rum, blended with ice until smooth and creamy. It is garnished with a maraschino cherry, fresh pineapple, or coconut flakes.
Main ingredient: pineapple
Pairs well with: tostones, empanadillas
HB-4209 · Hand-built original
Pollo Guisado is a Puerto Rican chicken stew in which seasoned chicken is seared, then simmered in broth with sofrito, tomato sauce, olives, bell pepper, and culantro until tender. It is finished with cilantro and lime and served with rice.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: white rice, mofongo, mashed potatoes
HB-4215 · Hand-built original
Puerto Rican bacalaitos are salted codfish fritters. These delicious fritters are a popular street food in Puerto Rico and can be found at kiosks all along the beaches.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1838 · Hand-built original
Unlike Mexican tamales, pasteles are boiled and not steamed.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-1839 · Hand-built original
Banana leaf parcels of grated green banana, malanga, squash, and batata masa filled with achiote pork and olives, tied in parchment and boiled until set.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-9449 · Hand-built original
A chilled potato salad of Yukon Gold potatoes and hard-boiled eggs with diced apple, sautéed bell peppers, mayonnaise, mustard, and adobo, rested at least two hours before serving.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-9451 · Hand-built original
This flavorful Puerto Rican Beef Sancocho is packed with tender bites of beef, pork, chicken, and vegetables in a rich broth. Buen Provecho!
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-1841 · Hand-built original
Oxtail marinated overnight in sazón, adobo, and garlic, seared over caramelized brown sugar, and simmered low in sofrito and tomato sauce with peppers and onion until the meat pulls from the bone.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-9455 · Hand-built original
Serenata de Bacalao is a Puerto Rican salt cod salad. Desalted, simmered cod is dressed with olive oil and red wine vinegar with sautéed onion and bell pepper, then served cold garnished with tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and olives.
Main ingredient: cod
Pairs well with: white rice, boiled root vegetables
HB-4212 · Hand-built original
Sorullitos de Maíz are Puerto Rican cornmeal fritters: a cooked cornmeal dough with cheese, rolled into small cylinders and fried until crisp outside and soft within. They are served with mayo-ketchup for dipping.
Main ingredient: cornmeal
Pairs well with: mayo-ketchup
HB-4213 · Hand-built original
Tembleque Coconut Pudding is a Puerto Rican treat that is a creamy and sweet dessert.
Main ingredient: milk
Pairs well with: coffee, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries, whipped cream
HB-2312 · Hand-built original
Tostones are green plantains that are fried, smashed flat, and fried again until crisp and golden. An optional soak in lime water with adobo between the two fries adds extra crunch.
Main ingredient: green plantains
Pairs well with: mayoketchup
HB-4204 · Hand-built original
The Tripleta is a Puerto Rican sandwich built on a baguette or sub bun with three meats — seasoned chicken, pork, and smoked ham — plus Gouda cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayo, mustard, and ketchup. The meats are marinated for 2 hours before cooking.
Main ingredient: chicken, pork and ham
Pairs well with: chips, plantain chips
HB-4223 · Hand-built original
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