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A bowl of rice pudding dusted heavily with ground cinnamon, the way arroz con dulce is finished

Dessert Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Arroz con Dulce Recipe

Puerto Rican arroz con dulce: rice simmered in a cinnamon, clove and ginger tea with coconut milk, set cold and dusted with cinnamon.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

An unwrapped Puerto Rican pastel on a banana leaf, its annatto-orange masa still glossy, with two tied yuntas behind it

Dinner Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Pasteles Recipe

Puerto Rican pasteles: green banana masa with annatto oil wrapped around stewed pork in banana leaf, tied in pairs and boiled.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

A glass of Puerto Rican coquito dusted with cinnamon

Beverage Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Coquito Recipe

Puerto Rican coquito: coconut milk, cream of coconut, condensed milk and white rum, blended cold and poured small at Christmas.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

puerto rican pernil, whole bone-in pork shoulder roasted with crisp golden cuerito

Lunch Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Pernil Recipe

Puerto Rican pernil: pork shoulder marinated overnight with garlic, oregano and sofrito, then roasted low until the cuerito shatters.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

A white molded coconut pudding dusted with cinnamon, the shape tembleque takes when turned out of its mold

Dessert Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Tembleque Recipe

Puerto Rican tembleque: coconut milk thickened with cornstarch, set in a mold and dusted with cinnamon. Five ingredients, one pot.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

A baking dish of Puerto Rican pastelon: layers of fried ripe plantain with seasoned ground beef and melted cheese

Dinner Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Pastelon Recipe

Puerto Rican pastelon: sweet ripe plantains fried in strips and layered with seasoned picadillo and cheese, bound with egg and baked.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Peeled green bananas soaking in a pot of water, the first step in making guineitos en escabeche

Puerto Rico Snacks

Puerto Rican Guineitos en Escabeche Recipe

Guineitos en escabeche: green bananas boiled and marinated in olive oil and vinegar with onion, garlic, bay leaf and olives.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Dome of Puerto Rican mofongo with chicharron, served with salad

Dinner Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Mofongo Recipe

Puerto Rican mofongo: green plantains fried, then mashed with garlic, chicharron and hot broth in a pilon. Recipe and the dry-mofongo fix.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

A bowl of Puerto Rican asopao, a thick rice stew, with rounds of sausage on top

Dinner Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Asopao Recipe

Puerto Rican asopao de pollo: bone-in chicken and medium-grain rice simmered in a sofrito broth until thick but still pourable.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Plate of Puerto Rican sorullitos, fried cornmeal sticks

Puerto Rico Snacks

Puerto Rican Sorullitos Recipe

Puerto Rican sorullitos: cornmeal cooked into dough, rolled around cheese and fried crisp. Recipe, technique and mayoketchup.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

A flat golden Puerto Rican bacalaito on a paper plate beside pieces of fried pork

Puerto Rico Snacks

Puerto Rican Bacalaitos Recipe

Puerto Rican bacalaitos: salt cod in a seasoned flour batter, thrown by the ladle into shallow oil and fried thin, ragged and crisp.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Puerto Rican relleno de papa broken open to show the picadillo filling

Puerto Rico Snacks

Puerto Rican Rellenos de Papa Recipe

Puerto Rican rellenos de papa: potato masa bound with cornstarch, stuffed with beef picadillo and fried golden. Full recipe and technique.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

A kiosk tray piled with fried Puerto Rican alcapurrias, torpedo-shaped and deep golden

Puerto Rico Snacks

Puerto Rican Alcapurrias Recipe

Puerto Rican alcapurrias: green banana and yautia masa coloured with annatto, stuffed with picadillo and fried until brittle.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Lunch Puerto Rico

Arroz Con Gandules

Arroz con gandules, the Puerto Rican rice and pigeon peas built on sofrito, achiote and ham, cooked in one pot.

Chica PostAugust 24, 2026

Puerto Rico Sauces

Puerto Rican Sofrito

This sofrito recipe provides beautiful depth and complexity of flavor to rice (see Arroz con Gandules recipe) or can be used as a marinade.

Joe PostAugust 24, 2026

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Puerto Rican Arroz con Dulce Recipe

Puerto Rican Pasteles Recipe

Puerto Rican Coquito Recipe

Puerto Rican Pernil Recipe

Puerto Rican Tembleque Recipe

Puerto Rican Pastelon Recipe

Puerto Rican Guineitos en Escabeche Recipe

Puerto Rican Mofongo Recipe

Puerto Rican Asopao Recipe

Puerto Rican Sorullitos Recipe

Puerto Rican Bacalaitos Recipe

Puerto Rican Rellenos de Papa Recipe

Puerto Rican Alcapurrias Recipe

Arroz Con Gandules

Puerto Rican Sofrito

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