Photo source: jetsytravels Tired of your usual appetizers? Surprise your loved ones and or guests with Puerto Rican surullitos! Surullitos are fried corn sticks that could be served as a side dish or snack. Here is the recipe for surullitos compliments of Jessica at The Novice Chef Blog. ENJOY! Surullitos (Cheese Corn Sticks) Makes 20 cheese corn sticks Ingredients: * [...]

If you like your food hot and spicy then you need some Pique in your life! There are two types of Puerto Rican pique: pique verde (Puerto Rican green hot sauce) and pique criollo. Pique verde is usually made with green Caballero hot peppers, green Cubanelle peppers, culantro, cilantro, onion, garlic, olive oil, and lime juice. On the other hand, [...]

Today’s Puerto Rican recipe is compliments of celebrity chef Eric Ripert of New York’s popular Le Bernardin. Sancocho, a Puerto Rican Beef Stew, is a traditional dish that has many variations across Spain and Latin America. In Puerto Rico it is usually made with chicken, top round beef, pork feet with chick peas or beef short ribs with chorizo, chicken [...]

RECAITO or SOFRITO is a base for many Puerto Rican dishes – a necessity in any pantry. The raw version is known as “recaito”. Once cooked the name changes to the better known “sofrito.” Prep time: 10-15 minutes Procedure time: 5 minutes Easy of preparation: Easy Ingredients: * 1 large, peeled yellow onion * 1 large, cored and seeded green [...]