Puerto Rican Recipes
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Puerto Rican Rice recipe - Arroz con Gandules (Rice with Pigeon Peas). The best rice in the world!

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64 · 50 minutes · Bistec encebollado, Puerto Rican steak and onions, is an easy and economical family-style dinner made with tender stewed cubed steak.
64 · 50 minutes · Bistec encebollado, Puerto Rican steak and onions, is an easy and economical family-style dinner made with tender stewed cubed steak.
9 ingredients
Meat
- 2 lbs Beef, steak
Produce
- 2 tbsp Garlic
- 1 dash Oregano, dried leaves
- 2 White onions, large
Condiments
- 1/4 cup Sofrito
Baking & Spices
- 1 tsp Salt
Oils & Vinegars
- 1/4 cup Distilled white vinegar
- 1/2 cup Olive oil
Liquids
- 1 1/2 cups Water
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153 · Pasteles are a delicious traditional dish served in Puerto Rican during Christmas. Pasteles are seasoned taro root and plantain "masa", filled with savory pork, wrapped in banana leaves and boiled.
153 · Pasteles are a delicious traditional dish served in Puerto Rican during Christmas. Pasteles are seasoned taro root and plantain "masa", filled with savory pork, wrapped in banana leaves and boiled.
20 ingredients
Meat
- 2 lbs Pork
Produce
- 12 oz Banana, leaves
- 3 Bananas, green
- 1 14.5 oz can Garbanzos
- 1/2 lb Kabocha pumpkin
- 3 1/2 tsp Marjoram
- 1 small jar Pimentos
- 2 Plantains
- 1/2 cup Spanish olives with pimentos
Canned Goods
- 2 Beef bouillon cube
Condiments
- 2 tbsp Capers
Oils & Vinegars
- 2 cups Vegetable oil
Liquids
- 1/2 cup Water
Tools & Equipment
- 1 Butchers twine
- 1 Pasteles paper or parchment paper
Other
- 6 tablespoons achiote seeds (annatto)
- 1/2 cup recaito
- 2 envelopes Sazon con culantro & achiote
- 1 envelope Sazon sin achiote
- 1 1/2 lbs Of yautia (taro root), peeled

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14 · 50 minutes · Enjoy Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice (Arroz con Pollo) by itself for a full delicious meal or served alongside habichuelas guisadas (Puerto Rican stewed beans) as this dish is traditionally served! #puertoricanchickenandrice #chickenandricerecipes #arrozconpollo #comidapuertoriquena #comidapuertorico #arrozconpollopuertoriqueno #puertoriquenoarrozconpollo
19 ingredients
Meat
- 1 Chicken (cut up or a mix of legs, whole
- 1 Pork, salted fat
Produce
- 1 Bay leaf
- 1 Cilantro, fresh
- 1 Garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp Oregano
- 1 Oregano
- 1 Pimientos, red
Canned Goods
- 1 Adobo
- 2 tsp Chicken bouillon
- 1 tbsp Tomato paste
Condiments
- 2 tbsp Pimiento stuffed olives
- 3 tbsp Sofrito
Pasta & Grains
- 2 1/2 cups Rice, medium or long grain
Baking & Spices
- 1/2 tbsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sugar
Oils & Vinegars
- 4 tbsp Vegetable or canola oil
Liquids
- 2 cups Water
Other
- 1 packet Sazon with annatto (found in the latin food section)
23 · 30 minutes · A delicious easy ground beef recipe, that uses Puerto Rican sofrito as its base seasoning and can be used as a filling for pastelillos and alcapurria. This quick picadillo recipe is an absolute must try dinner for those busy weeknights!
10 ingredients
Meat
- 1 lb Ground beef
Produce
- 1 Cilantro
- 1/3 cup Green bell pepper
- 1/4 cup Olives with pimento
- 1/3 cup Red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup Yellow onion
Condiments
- 1/3 cup Sofrito
- 1 8 oz. can Tomato sauce
Baking & Spices
- 1 Salt
Oils & Vinegars
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
6 · 20 minutes · Authentic sorullos or sorullitos de maíz y queso recipe. An easy 5 ingredients and 20 minutes Puerto Rican recipe. The perfect appetizer when I’m out of time!
7 ingredients
Baking & Spices
- 1 1/2 cup Corn flour, yellow
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Sugar
Oils & Vinegars
- 1 Oil to fry
Dairy
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 cup Cheese
Liquids
- 1 1/4 cup Water
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Pastelillos de Carne (Puerto Rican Meat Turnovers) | Giggles, Gobbles and Gulps
This slow roasted Puerto Rican Pernil recipe creates tender and juicy pork with extra crispy pork skin on top! A must make Christmas recipe!
This Arroz con Gandules, also known as Puerto Rican Rice with Pigeon Peas, is made with gandules (pigeon peas), green olives and sofrito!

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