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  • Arroz con gandules covered with banana leaves, served alongside carne frita on a holiday table.
    Arroz Con Gandules Recipe (Puerto Rican Rice and Pigeon Peas)
  • Collage of traditional Puerto Rican Christmas dishes including pernil, arroz con gandules, coquito, tembleque, arroz con dulce, and guineitos en escabeche, with a banner that reads “15 Essential Puerto Rican Christmas Recipes.”
    15 Puerto Rican Christmas Essentials (And a Few Delicious Extras)
  • Two glasses of cookies-and-cream coquito with crushed-cookie rims, surrounded by Oreo cookies and coquito ingredients, blurred in the background.
    Bacardi Gold Cookies and Cream Coquito
  • 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)
  • Two rock glassed filled with pistachio coquito and decorated with cinnamon sugar on the rims. A Puerto Rican Christmas decorated bottle sits behind them along with a bottle of regular coquito and a bottle of rum.
    Pistachio Coquito
  • Hand holding a rock glass full of coquito and ice with rim decorated with cinnamon sugar.
    Puerto Rican Coquito
  • Overhead view of a skillet filled with Mojo Isleño, a chunky Puerto Rican tomato sauce with olives, onions, and garlic, simmering on a striped wood board.
    Mojo Isleño, Puerto Rican Tomato Sauce for Fish and Seafood
  • Top view of a molded pistachio tembleque garnished with shredded coconut and chopped pistachios on a white plate.
    Pistachio Tembleque
  • Overhead view of Puerto Rican ropa vieja (shredded beef stew) with white rice, stewed beans, and tomato slices, on a plate.
    Ropa Vieja (Shredded Beef Recipe)
  • Plate of Pecan Crusted Cheesecake and Guava Berry Coulis.
    Pecan Crusted Cheesecake with Guava Berry Coulis
  • Plates of biftec encebollado with onions, avocado, and yuca served family-style.
    Biftec Encebollado (Puerto Rican Steak and Onions)
  • 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 hand grasps a blue-rimmed glass of piña colada, garnished with toasted coconut and cherries, next to a bowl of shredded coconut.
    Puerto Rican Piña Colada
  • Overhead view of Puerto Rican Crab Rice (Arroz con Jueyes) in a red Dutch oven, showing rice simmered with crab meat, olives, red peppers, and sofrito. A wooden slotted spatula rests beside the pot on a terrazzo countertop.
    Puerto Rican Crab Rice, Arroz con Jueyes
  • Whole Puerto Rican fried red snapper on a plate with tomato sauce, lemon slices, and plantains.
    Puerto Rican Fried Red Snapper, Chillo Frito
  • Pot of Puerto Rican fish broth on a wooden cutting board, showing its golden color and clean, simmered appearance.
    Puerto Rican Fish Broth, Caldo de Pescado
  • Close-up of a creamy pistachio limber topped with cinnamon, shredded coconut, and chopped pistachios, partially popped out of its plastic cup on an orange surface.
    Creamy Limbers de Pistachio, Homemade Ice Pops
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Close-up of Puerto Rican chicken paella with bone-in chicken thighs, longaniza sausage, pigeon peas, and sliced plantains, garnished with fresh cilantro in a large paella pan.
    Puerto Rican Chicken Paella with Sausage and Plantain
  • Close-up of Seafood Pomodoro pasta with linguine, topped with culantro gremolata and shredded Parmesan in a white bowl.
    Seafood Pomodoro Pasta with Linguine
  • Close-up of a Limber de Coco topped with cinnamon and shredded coconut in a clear plastic cup.
    Limbers de Coco, Creamy Puerto Rican Coconut Ice Pops
  • Steamed mussels and clams served in a rustic terracotta dish, with crusty bread and a small bowl of sofrito sauce on the side.
    Puerto Rican Steamed Mussels With Sofrito White Wine Sauce
  • Bananas in a bunch are still hanging off the plant.
    Guineos, Platanos, and Banana Leaves: Puerto Rican Staples
  • Bowl lined with paper towels and filled with fried mero chunks. A small bowl with cut lemons and a small bowl with tartar sauce.
    Grouper Bites, Chicharrones de Mero
  • Caldo santo served in a bowl with tostones.
    Caldo Santo, Puerto Rican Coconut Seafood Soup
  • A spoon full of stewed beans hovering over a bowl of cooked beans.
    Habichuelas Guisadas, (Puerto Rican Stewed Beans)
  • a closeup of the Cochinita all shredded and bathing in its juices
    Cochinita Pibil. The Way This Puerto Rican Makes It.
  • Zucchini en escabeche in a platter
    Zucchini en Escabeche, Pickled Zucchini
  • Wooden mortar stuffed to the top with mofongo.
    Puerto Rican Mofongo Recipe
  • image of a serving of a roasted eggplant boat stuffed with shrimp and scallop pan stew.
    Easy Roasted Eggplant Boats
  • empanadas inside a paper towel lined bowl.
    Puerto Rican Empanadillas
  • A fully cooked tortilla Española garnished with chopped parsley, served on a wooden cutting board.
    Easy Tortilla Española, Spanish Omelette
  • Pizza fresh out of the oven
    Steak, Mushroom, And Gorgonzola Pizza
  • mason jar filled with freshly made mojo. There is a blue kitchen towel on the right and leftover lime and lemon juice behind the jar of mojo.
    Mojo Marinade
  • a close up of pasta with creamy sauce and shrimp
    Low-Carb Linguini In a Creamy Parmesan Sauce with Pan-Seared Shrimp
  • Close up of roasted vegetable bisque in a bowl with shredded asiago cheese and culantro chiffonade
    Roasted Vegetable Bisque, an Incredibly Soul Soothing Recipe
  • A bowl of ceviche is in the center, with two smaller bowls of ceviche and forks. A large bowl of tostones is at the top right, with small lemon wedges at the top left.
    Ceviche de Pescado y Camarones, Grouper and Shrimp Ceviche
  • Bowl of butternut squash bisque garnished with cooked shrimp.
    Shrimp and Butternut Squash Bisque
  • Two bowls with Crispy eggplant boats topped with shrimp stew and shredded parmesan cheese
    Chart A New Dinner With Delicious And Crispy Eggplant Boats
  • Completed Sofrito sitting on a table with other ingredients to make sofrito.
    Puerto Rican Homemade Sofrito

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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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  • Completed Sofrito sitting on a table with other ingredients to make sofrito.
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  • 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
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    Arroz Amarillo, Puerto Rican Yellow Rice
  • empanadas inside a paper towel lined bowl.
    Puerto Rican Empanadillas
  • 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)
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    Puerto Rican-Style Dutch-Oven Corned Beef

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