Category Archives: Vegetables

Fried Rice (Puerto Rican)

Fried Rice Recipe

By Elizabeth Soto-Diaz on RecetasPuertoRico.com

Do you have day old, white rice leftovers and don’t know what to do with it? Don’t discard it! This Puerto Rican style fried rice recipe that Elizabeth shared with us is absolutely delicious and easy to prepare.  We have tried it and it was so good, there were no leftovers.

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Plantain Canoe

Plantain Canoe Recipe

By Andy Tous on RecetasPuertoRico.com

The combination of sweet, salty and cheese puts this plantain canoe on the top of our personal favorites.  In Puerto Rico, we call this Canoa de Platano (Can-O-Ah, Deh, Plat-Ah-No). Not only delicious and easy to pair with other sides, but it is extremely easy to prepare. We can not deny that textures and flavors make it unique and spectacular.

(Version en Español)

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Traditional Alcapurria Dough

Traditional Alcapurria Dough

By Andy Tous on RecetasPuertoRico.com

This recipe explains the process to obtain the traditional alcapurria dough, made mainly with green bananas and yautia root.  The Alcapurria (Al-Ka-Poo-Ree-Ah) is an extremely popular puerto rican fritter found all over the island, sometimes made with different root vegetables. We hope you like this recipe as much as we do.

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