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  • Large pot with cooked yellow rice.
    Arroz Amarillo, Puerto Rican Yellow Rice
  • 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
    Ajรญ-li-mojรญli
  • A bowl of picadillo with pieces of green olives, onions, capers, and pimentos mixed throughout.
    Puerto Rican Picadillo
  • Green Tomatillo Chicken Enchiladas
    Green Tomatillo Chicken Enchiladas, Guaranteed to Amaze!
  • 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
  • pinchos served with potato salad and collard greens
    Pinchos de Cerdo, Puerto Rican Pork Kabobs
  • 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

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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!

About Zoe โ†’

Popular Recipes

  • Puerto Rican spice cake hojaldre aรฑasqueรฑo displayed as a spiral bundt and mini bundts dusted with powdered sugar, surrounded by flowers and a lace doily.
    Puerto Rican Spice Cake (Hojaldre Aรฑasqueรฑo)
  • 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)
  • Overhead view of Puerto Rican arroz con habichuelas (rice and beans) in glass bowl and two white bowls with avocado slices and peach peonies.
    Arroz con Habichuelas (Puerto Rican Rice with Beans)
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    Puerto Rican Guava Cakes (Panetela de Guayaba)
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    Funche, Puerto Rican Grits
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Puerto Rican Favorites

  • Completed Sofrito sitting on a table with other ingredients to make sofrito.
    Puerto Rican Homemade Sofrito
  • 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
  • Large pot with cooked yellow rice.
    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)
  • Puerto Rican corned beef brisket with potatoes and olives in a Dutch oven, served alongside plates of white rice and stewed beans.
    Puerto Rican-Style Dutch-Oven Corned Beef

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