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Zoe | Recipe Developer + Food Photographer

Girl Meets Fire is your go-to source for authentic Puerto Rican recipes, blending tradition with personal stories to celebrate our rich culinary heritage.

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Latest Recipes

  • 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
  • Wooden spoon with cooked beans hovering over a pot of rehydrated beans.
    How To Cook Dried Beans
  • Red Dutch oven filled with chicken in a stew-like broth with vegetables and rice. Serving bowls are placed near the pot.
    Asopao de Pollo, Puerto Rican Chicken and Rice Soup
  • Small mason jar filled with Puerto Rican Garlic Paste with a jar of oregano and a jar of coriander seeds at either side of it. A small wooden bowl with garlic paste sits in front of the mason jar with garlic paste as well as a few garlic cloves.
    Puerto Rican Garlic Paste
  • Hand holding a glass of Pumpkin Spice Coquito with a dulce de leche drizzled rim, topped with whipped cream, a dusting of cinnamon, and a Biscoff cookie and cinnamon stick garnish.
    Pumpkin spice coquito
  • A plate of chuletas (pork chops), white rice, navy beans, and sliced tomatoes.
    Chuletas Fritas, Puerto Rican Fried Pork Chops
  • Close-up of a forkful of arroz mamposteao, Puerto Rican rice and beans, held above a bowl on a blue patterned cloth.
    Mamposteao, a Puerto Rican Leftover Rice Comfort Food
  • Collage graphic titled '11 Puerto Rican Rice Dishes You'll Make on Repeat' with two overhead photos: arroz con gandules with a spoonful lifted from the pot, and a bowl of carne guisada served over white rice.
    11 Puerto Rican Rice Dishes you'll make on Repeat

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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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Popular Recipes

  • Puerto Rican spice cake hojaldre añasqueño displayed as a spiral bundt and mini bundts dusted with powdered sugar, surrounded by flowers and a lace doily.
    Puerto Rican Spice Cake (Hojaldre Añasqueño)
  • 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)
  • Three stacked panetela de guayaba bars on a gray plate showing the guava paste layer, with a blue linen and striped wood cutting board in the background.
    Puerto Rican Guava Cakes (Panetela de Guayaba)
  • A hand holding a white bowl of funche topped with a dab of butter.
    Funche, Puerto Rican Grits
  • A slice of pastelón plated on a plate with the skillet with pastelon in the background.
    Sweet Plantain Lasagna (Piñon)

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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