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Pan Fish

  • 2-1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp cuminSalt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp lemon peel
  • 2 pounds fish fillet

Optional flour or corn tortillas
Cut the fish into skewed wide strips (for tacos) or keep the fillets whole.
Adobe the fish with chili powder, cumin, salt, olive oil and lemon peel.
Let stand for a few minutes and brown the pan until cooked (3 to 4 minutes on each side depending on the thickness of the fish. Serve with black bean salad and cabbage. Accompany with flour or corn tortillas if you serve them as tacos.

Black Bean Sauce

  • 1 can black beans, washed and drained
  • 1 cup chopped ripe papaya
  • 1 chopped hot pepper
  • 1 chopped avocado
  • Chopped cilantrilard
  • 1 tsp grated lemon peel
  • Lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients, taste and season to taste. Serve often. You can mix everything in advance, except the avocado, add the avocado before serving.

Aderezo Básico

  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp mustard
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/2 Olive oil

In a deep bowl mix all the ingredients except the oil. With a fork beat the ingredients while adding the oil. Test and adjust the seasoning. Pour into salad before serving.
NOTE: Add little dressing and serve it on the side so that each person dresses their salad to their liking

Skillet Fried Chicken

  • 2 pounds steak of hips chopped into bites
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 tbsp vinegar or two cups buttermilk
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp oregano
  • 1 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp red pepper
  • 1/2 tsp dried mustard
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

Olive oil to sauté
In a deep bowl mix the milk with the vinegar and pour over the chicken. Let the chicken marinate for at least 3 hours in that milk. Drain. In another bowl mix the flour with the rest of the ingredients, mixing well. Flour chicken bites. Heat a little olive oil and brown the chickens on both sides (2 to 3 minutes) or even cooked. Serve followed with glorified May ketchup.

Chuletas Con Salsa De Pimientos Y Papaya

  • 4 Thick boneless chops
  • Salt pepper
  • Oregano
  • Pinch of cumin
  • Worcestershire sauce

Adobe the chops with salt and pepper, oregano and cumin. If you want you can add a little ground garlic and a tsp of Worcestershire sauce.
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 green pepper (cubanelle) chopped
  • 1Chopped bell pepper
  • 1 cup chopped ripe papaya
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 to two tbsp butter

In a skillet heat the olive oil and brown the chops on both sides (2 to 3 minutes) Cook 2 to 3 minutes more on each side and place on a plate. In the same pan add a little more oil and maybe a little butter and fry the onion, garlic and peppers until shiny. Add the papaya vinegar and season a little. Add the butter stirring all the time so that it does not separate. Try and adjust the seasoning. Pour over the chops.

Salteado De Carnes

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 pound chicken breast cut into thin flakes
  • 1/2 pound steak, thinly cut
  • 1/2 pound pork fillet, cut into thin flakes
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 3 cloves ground garlic
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced (skewed)
  • 1 cooking pepper (cubanella) minced in thin flakes
  • 1 to 2 tsp Paprika
  • 1 tbsp ground ají panca (optional)
  • 1 Tomato cut into small skewed quarters
  • Chopped cilantrilard

In a frying pan heat the olive oil and fry the meats until they begin to change color. Season with a little salt and pepper. Add the onions, garlic and pepper until shiny. Add the rest of the ingredients me3zclando and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Serve often over the yellows.

Fried rice

  • 1 to 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1-1/2 pound chopped chicken
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 3 cloves of garlic grounded
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 4 cups cooked rice
  • 1 grated carrot
  • 5 chopped chives
  • Chopped cilantro

Beat the eggs with a little water and prepare some thin tortillas in the pan. Place on a plate and when they are cold, roll and cut into thin strips. Book. In a large skillet or wok, heat the oil and sauté the chicken until it begins to change color season with the soy sauce, sugar, ginger, garlic and sesame oil add the rice mixing all the time, add more soy sauce if it is very clear. Add the carrot, chives and cilantro. Mix well, add the chopped tortillas and serve often.

Green Salad

  • 2 green tomatoes, chopped into thin flakes and then into strips
  • Lettuce cut into strips
  • 1 maso of chopped parsley
  • 1/4 cup roasted sesame
  • Salt

Mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl or dish, season with a little salt. Mix the dressing ingredients and pour over the salad before serving. Mix well and serve often.

Aderezo

  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 crushed garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp honey




Quinoa with Pumpkin

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 chopped sweet onion
  • 3 cloves ground garlic
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • 1 cup diced pumpkin
  • 3 cups cooked quinoa
  • Chopped cilantro
  • Cinnamon powder

 

In a cauldron or large pot heat the oil and fry the onion, garlic, ginger and pumpkin until the pumpkin is cooked but not very soft. Add the quinoa and cook stirring often for 3 minutes. Add the cilantro and a little cinnamon. Test and adjust the szon with a little salt. Serve often

Salsa De Choclate Picante

  • 6 ounces chocolate
  • 3/4 cup cream
  • 2 to 3 tsp red pepper

Heat the cream with the chocolate until melted. Add the red pepper to taste. Serve warm or warm with dulce de leche mousse.



Guava Cookies

  • Guava paste
  • 2-1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks of butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Combine butter with flour, sugar and vanilla. Mix until well bonded. Add the guava and join the rest of the dough. Shape the mixture into balls, taking the mixture by tablespoons. Place the balls on a baking iron and flatten forming a small, chubby disc. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees 10 to 12 minutes

Buñuelos De Espinaca y Ricota (Acompañante o Aperitivo)

  • 1 bag of chopped (frozen) spinach thawed and strained to remove excess water.
  • 3/4 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 3 beaten eggs
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 cup flour
  • Boiling water to boil

In a deep bowl mix all the ingredients until you have a soft dough but that can form into balls. Place boil water and when it is bubbly, pour the balls (boil them in batches because you should not fill the saucepan much.) When they float a little remove from the water with a spoon of holes. Drain. Serve with chicken sauce. You can serve them with some reduced cream with a little garlic, Parmesan cheese and salt.

Pastelón De Yuca

  • 1 lb. grated cassava (You can grind the cassava that comes frozen in the food processor or grate it. Grind after thawing) if necessary to grind add a little water.
  • 2 lb. fat-free pork, ground
  • 1/2 lb. of chopped cooking ham (optional)
  • 4 large coriander sticks
  • 4 coriander leaves
  • 1 tbsp. of oregano
  • 2 large tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 chopped cooking pepper
  • 1 chopped red pepper
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 10 stuffed olives, halved
  • 1 tbsp. Capers
  • 3/4 cup seedless plums
  • 1/2 cup peeled almonds
  • 1 can roasted bell peppers, cut into lists

Sauté the bacon and ham. Add the pork, cooking over high heat until golden brown. Add the ingredients of the sofrito and cook for about 15 minutes. Add the yucca and cook an additional five minutes. Add the other ingredients, mix well. Or place in baking pan and water some of the turkey juices on top before serving.

Biscocho De Calabaza y Especias

Horno a 350 grados
  • Oven at 350 degrees
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1-1/3 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup boiled pumpkin and mashed
  • 2/3 cup milk + 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1-3/4 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp spice mix for pumpkin pie
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8" round mold or 12 cupcake molds. Beat the butter until creamy, add the sugar and beat until smooth. Add the eggs one by one. Mix pumpkin with milk and flour with spices, baking powder and baking soda. Add both interspersed with the butter with the sugar and eggs while whisking. Pour into the mold or molds (For molds buy papers to cover them.) Bake for 35 minutes for the cake and 20 to 25 minutes for the biscuits. Top with cream cheese topping.

Cubierta Para Biscocho De Calabaza y Especias

  • 3 packets soft cream cheese
  • 3 cups l0x sugar (powdered or powdered)
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Mix, beating the cheese with the sugar and vanilla until creamy. You can add more sugar if it is too soft. Cover the cake and garnish with walnuts.


Guiso De Salchicha

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1-1/4 pound sausage
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 3 green peppers, cut into strips
  • 1 can' 28 ounces chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup water
  • 3/4 cup small pasta
  • Basil
  • Salt and pepper

Coconut Mousse

  • 1/4 cup white rum
  • 2 tbsp brandy, rum gold or brandy
  • 1 can condensed milk
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1 small can of coconut cream (Coco Lopez or Goya)
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 2 sachets of unflavored gelatin
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1 cup cream


In the mixer mix the liquor and milks. Soak the gelatin and dissolve in micro for 40 seconds. Pour into the milks while adding the cream. Pour into mold and refrigerate until set

Buñuelos De Bacalao

Esta receta una versión de nuestros bacalaitos y se preparaba mucho en Mayagüez en la época de mi abuela. This recipe is a version of our cod and was prepared a lot in Mayagüez in my grandmother's time.
  • 1/2 cup desalted and shredded cod
  • 2 tbsp chopped cilantrilro
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 1 crushed garlic clove
  • 3 to 4 tbsp milk or cream
  • All-purpose flour
  • Frying oil

Mix the cod with the cilantrillo, garlic, egg and milk. Add flour until a firm dough is formed. Cold by tablespoons until golden. (2 to 3 minutes)

Vegan Jambalaya

Recipe Summary
Active: 25 mins
Total: 45 mins
Servings: 6
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 6 ounces vegan spicy smoked sausage (such as Field Roast Smoked Apple Sage Sausage), casings removed, sausage chopped
  • 2 cups chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 2 medium jalapeño peppers, seeded and minced
  • 1 cup long-grain white rice
  • 2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
  • 1 (15 ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup chopped scallions

Directions Instructions Checklist
Step 1
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook, stirring often, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Add onion, bell pepper, celery and jalapeños; cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened, 5 to 6 minutes. Add rice; stir until coated. Add broth, tomatoes and their juice, pepper and salt; let the mixture come to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with scallions.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 1/4 cups
Per Serving:
264 calories; protein 7.9g; carbohydrates 41.6g; dietary fiber 4.9g; sugars 7.8g; fat 7.4g; saturated fat 0.6g; vitamin a iu 1784.1IU; vitamin c 55.3mg; folate 126.4mcg; calcium 86.2mg; iron 3mg; magnesium 24.3mg; potassium 244.4mg; sodium 397.6mg; thiamin 0.2mg.
Exchanges:
2 vegetable, 1 1/2 fat, 1 1/2 starch, 1/2 lean protein

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 4 Jump to Nutrition Facts
Ingredients
  • 1 pound uncooked spaghetti
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
  • 1 cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain and transfer to a pasta bowl.
2. While the pasta is cooking, combine olive oil and garlic in a cold skillet. Cook over medium heat to slowly toast garlic, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low when olive oil begins to bubble. Cook and stir until garlic is golden brown, about another 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
3. Stir red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper into pasta. Pour in hot olive oil and garlic, and sprinkle on Italian parsley and half of the Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; toss until combined.
4. Serve pasta topped with the remaining Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

Creamy Skillet Ranch Chicken & Broccoli

Recipe Summary
Active:
30 mins
Total:
30 mins
Servings:
4 mins
Ingredients

Ingredient Checklist
  • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces
  • ½ teaspoon salt, divided
  • ½ teaspoon ground pepper, divided, plus more for garnish
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 4 cups bite-size broccoli florets
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ¼ cup chopped mixed fresh herbs (chives, dill, tarragon, basil)

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Directions
Instructions Checklist
Step 1
Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper.
Step 2
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and just cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
Step 3
Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, broccoli and water to the pan. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender-crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to the plate with the chicken.
Step 4
Whisk cream, vinegar, mayonnaise, cornstarch, onion powder, garlic powder and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a measuring cup. Increase heat to medium-high and pour the cream mixture into the pan. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until thickened, about 2 minutes. Return the chicken and broccoli to the pan and sprinkle with herbs; cook, stirring, until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes more. Garnish with pepper, if desired.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size:
1 1/2 cups
Per Serving:
374 calories; protein 29g; carbohydrates 6g; dietary fiber 2g; sugars 2g; fat 26g; saturated fat 9g; mono fat 10g; poly fat 5g; cholesterol 120mg; vitamin a iu 2742IU; vitamin b3 niacin 11mg; vitamin c 68mg; vitamin d iu 21IU; vitamin e iu 3IU; folate 66mg; vitamin k 19mg; sodium 414mg; calcium 66mg; iron 1mg; magnesium 54mg; phosphorus 312mg; potassium 660mg; zinc 1mg; omega 3 fatty acid 1g; omega 6 fatty acid 4g; niacin equivalents 18mg; selenium 29mcg.