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Home » Recipes » Puerto Rican Holiday and Seasonal Recipes

Puerto Rican Christmas Recipes and more

  • There are three containers with cooked white rice: the top right is an orange Pyrex container with rice. Below to the left is a bowl of white rice, and at the bottom right is a small wooden bowl with "pegao," the rice that sticks to the pan.
    Arroz Blanco, Puerto Rican White Rice
  • Wooden spoon with cooked beans hovering over a pot of rehydrated beans.
    Rehydrated Beans
  • Bowl of Caldo Gallego served in bowls.
    Caldo Gallego, Galician Broth
  • A blue and white plate sitting on a table, with Tembleque
    Quick and Easy, Guilt-free Puerto Rican Tembleque
  • A plate of beer braised short ribs
    Tender and Lucious Dutch Oven Red Wine Braised Short Ribs
  • Sancocho served in two bowls, with the large Dutch oven full of the soup and raw vegetable ingredients decorating the table.
    Sancocho, Puerto Rican Stew
  • two ceramic blue dipping saucers with api-li-mojili
    Ají-li-mojíli
  • A bowl of picadillo with pieces of green olives, onions, capers, and pimentos mixed throughout.
    Puerto Rican Picadillo
  • Closeup of Sweet Potato Casserole
    The Easiest Sweet Potato Casserole You Could Ever Make
  • Crispy Roasted Chicken
    Amazing, Crispy, Roasted Chicken with Apples, Dates, and Bacon
  • Pretzel Stuffing with Apples and Sausage
    The Ultimate Pretzel Stuffing with Chorizo, Apples, and Dates
  • Grilled Sweet Potatoes
    The Secret of Grilling Sweet Potatoes Flawlessly
  • Puerto Rican Bacalao a la Vizcaina
  • A fork holding a buffalo chicken meatball dipped in buffalo sauce.
    Buffalo Chicken Meatballs
  • Pasta bowl with chicken chorizo stew and white rice.
    Chicken and Chorizo Stew
  • A hand holding a bowl full of carne guisada.
    Carne Guisada, Puerto Rican Beef Stew
  • Two small plates with individual tembleques dusted with cinnamon and toasted coconut garnishes. Plates sit over a golden glitter fabric.
    Authentic Puerto Rican Tembleque de Coco
  • Plate with seared lamb chops and serving tongs.
    Pan-Seared Lamb Loin Chops
  • Green Dutch oven filled with cooked arroz con pollo. There is a wooden spoon resting on the handle of the Dutch oven as well as a black kitchen towel on the other handle.
    Puerto Rican Arroz con Pollo, Chicken and Rice
  • Servings of arroz con dulce.
    Arroz con Dulce, Puerto Rican Rice Pudding
  • A slice of pastelón plated on a plate with the skillet with pastelon in the background.
    Sweet Plantain Lasagna (Pastelón)

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Woman holding a wooden spoon and smiling in a kitchen with hanging utensils and a vase of flowers on the counter.

Hola! I'm Zoe. I love all things food and enjoy cooking. I created this site to reconnect with my Puerto Rican heritage while living in the United States. This is a great place to reconnect if you are floating in the diaspora. I would love to hear from you!

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Puerto Rican Christmas

  • A hand holding a smashed plantain. The rest of the plantains are in a towel-lined bowl sits behind it.
    Tostones de Plátano (Puerto Rican Smashed Fried Plantains)
  • Guineitos en escabeche served in a bowl with onions and green olives, a traditional Puerto Rican green banana salad
    Guineitos en Escabeche, Puerto Rican Pickled Green Bananas
  • Completed Sofrito sitting on a table with other ingredients to make sofrito.
    Puerto Rican Homemade Sofrito
  • A blue and white dessert plate with a slice of bread pudding and caramel sauce on top of it.
    Budín de Pan (Puerto Rican Bread Pudding)
  • Plate of Pecan Crusted Cheesecake and Guava Berry Coulis.
    Pecan Crusted Cheesecake with Guava Berry Coulis
  • Two highball glasses of sangria decorated with a fruit skewer of maraschino cherries, oranges, kiwi, and plums.
    Tropical Red Sangria with Rum
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  • A plate of polvorones cookies with three semi-stacked cookies on top of the table resting in front of the plate.
    Puerto Rican Polvorones (Shortbread Cookies)
  • A blue and white dessert plate with a slice of bread pudding and caramel sauce on top of it.
    Budín de Pan (Puerto Rican Bread Pudding)
  • Close-up of a roasted chicken thigh served with guineos en escabeche, cherry tomatoes, and a side of macaroni salad partially visible.
    Puerto Rican Pollo Asado, Oven-Roasted Chicken
  • Close-up of shrimp and scallop stew over white rice, black beans, and fried sweet plantain, with a side of avocado and extra stew in the background.
    Quick Shrimp and Scallop Stew
  • A fork full of Pernil with a large serving bowl, avocados, dinner rolls, and small serving bowls with meat on the background.
    Instant Pot Puerto Rican Pernil (Pork Roast)
  • A hand holding a white bowl of funche topped with a dab of butter.
    Funche, Puerto Rican Grits

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