ALBONDIGAS - Cuban Meatballs

ALBONDIGAS - Cuban Meatballs
...a nice Cuban food recipe to try !

CUBAN FOOD RECIPES INGREDIENTS

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup cracker crumbs
• (Try Cuban, or Club Crackers. You can also buy prepared crumbs)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
• 1 teaspoon dry yellow mustard
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 small onion chopped fine
• 1/2 cup green onions chopped fine
• Flour for rolling
• Olive oil for frying
• SAUCE
• Olive oil for frying
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves mashed
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 can tomato sauce

CUBAN FOOD RECIPES INSTRUCTIONS
In a large bowl, mix eggs, cracker crumbs, and milk together. Blend in the ground beef and all remaining ingredients.
Form mixture into large balls. Roll in flour to lightly coat and sauté in olive oil until cooked through.
To make sauce, sauté onion and green pepper in olive oil until translucent. Add mashed garlic during the last minute or two of frying. Drain thoroughly.
Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour the sauce in a large sauce pan, add the cooked meat balls, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer on low for about 30 minutes. The Cuban food recipe is ready to serve...enjoy it !
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Cuban Food Recipes: Ajies Rellenos

Cuban Food Recipes: Ajies Rellenos -Stuffed Green Peppers...a great Cuban food recipes to try ! Nice one !

CUBAN FOOD RECIPE INGREDIENTS

• 6 large green peppers
• 1 tablespoon olive oil for sautéing
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
• 1 16-ounce can chopped tomatoes, drained (save the tomato juice)
• 2 cups day old bread (preferably Cuban) cubed
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup red or white wine
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

CUBAN FOOD RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS
Wash green peppers, slice off stem end, and remove seeds and membrane. Drop the peppers into boiling water that has been lightly salted. Boil for two or three minutes and remove.
Sauté onion with ground beef and a little olive until browned. (DO NOT DRAIN.) Stir in tomatoes and heat through. Remove from heat and stir in bread cubes, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup ketchup.
Stuff peppers and place in lightly greased baking pan.
Mix 1/2 cup ketchup with 1/4 cup tomato juice, wine, and one teaspoon ground cumin. Pour this sauce over the peppers, cover the pan, and bake at 300° F for 45 minutes.
The Cuban food recipe of Ajies rellenos is ready to serve...great !
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Cuban Food Recipe : Chicken rice La Chorrera

Cuban Food Recipes : Chicken rice La Chorrera (arroz con pollo a La Chorrera)

Cuban Food Recipes Ingredients:

• 1 three pounds chicken
• 2/3 cup oil
• ¼ kilogram onions
• 1 stalk of parsley
• 1 large pepper
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 12 small tomatoes
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup dry wine
• 2 tablespoons salt (approx.)
• ½ teaspoon saffron
• ½ teaspoon cumin
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ½ kilogram rice
• 1 can sweet red peppers
• 1 small can green peas
• 1 small can asparagus

Cuban Food Recipes Instructions:

Cut the chicken up in eights and fry it in hot oil. Then, using the same oil, make a sauce with the onions, the parsley, the garlic and the tomatoes.Add the stock and let it boil for some minutes until the chicken is tender.

Add the wine, the salt, the saffron, the cumin, the pepper and the water from the sweet red peppers, the green peas and the asparagus.
Let it boil and add the rice. Cook for about 30 minutes over low heat or in the oven at 400ºF for the same amount of time or until the rice is soft.

Barbecue chicken

Cuban Food Recipes : Barbecue chicken (pollo a la barbacoa)

Cuban Food Recipes Ingredients:

• 1 chicken of 1 ½ kilogram
• ½ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
• 1/8 kilogram butter

Sauce:

• 1 cup ketchup
• ½ cup dry wine
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Cuban Food Recipe Instructions:

Marinate the chicken in crushed garlic and Seville orange juice.
Sift the flour with the salt, the pepper and the paprika; roll the chicken pieces in this mixture and brown in hot butter.
Combine all the sauce ingredients and cook until it comes to a boil.
Pour it over the chicken pieces, cover and bake at 325ºF for about 1¼ hour.

Cuban Bean Salad Recipe

Cuban Bean Salad Recipe
..a great Cuban food recipe for appetizer...a classic !

CUBAN FOOD RECIPES INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp. white wine vinegar
• 2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 fresh jalapeño pepper, seeded, finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp. dried oregano leaves
• 1-1/2 cups chopped CLAUSSEN Kosher Dill Pickles
• 1 can (15 oz.) black beans, drained, rinsed
• 1 can (15 oz.) pinto beans, drained, rinsed
• 1 can (15 oz.) chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained, rinsed
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1/2 red pepper, cut into 2-inch strips
• 2 green onions, sliced
• 1 tomato, chopped

CUBAN FOOD RECIPES INSTRUCTIONS
MIX oil, cilantro, lemon juice, vinegar, cumin, jalapeno pepper and oregano in large bowl until well blended. ADD remaining ingredients; mix lightly. Cover. Refrigerate 2 hours or overnight. Stir gently just before serving.
Salad may be prepared the day ahead. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Substitute lime juice for lemon juice if desired. The Cuban food recipe of appetizer is ready. Enjoy it !

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Cuban Food Recipe: Avocado Mousse

Cuban Food Recipes: Avocado Mousse
..a nice Cuban food recipe for appetizer...great for before meals !

CUBAN FOOD RECIPES INGREDIENTS

• 4 medium sized avocados
• 8 oz sour cream
• 2 small onions, grated
• 2 Tbsp lime juice
• 2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 cup (8 oz) mayonnaise
• salt to taste (*)
• 1-1/2 cups hot water
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 4 envelopes unflavored gelatin

CUBAN FOOD RECIPES INSTRUCTIONS
Place all ingredients in a blender except water and gelatin.
Sprinkle gelatin with the half cup of cold water and add the one and-a-half cup of hot water until dissolved. Blend into the avocado mixture. Pour into a ring mold and refrigerate until set. The Cuban food recipe of appetizer is ready to serve...great ! Nice one !
Cuban food recipes: ajiaco-criollo

Ajiaco Criollo

Cuban Food Recipes: Ajiaco Criollo
...a great Cuban food recipe to try !

Cuban Food Recipe Ingredients:

Meats and Poultry:

• ½ pound jerked beef
• ½ chicken
• 1 pound brisket
• 1 pound boneless pork
• 1 pound rib roast of pork
• 7 liters of water

Vegetables:

• 2 corncobs
• ½ pound malanga
• 2 green plantains
• 1 pound cassava
• 1 pound sweet potatoes
• ½ pound white malanga
• ½ pound yam
• 2 ripe plantains
• 2 lemons

Sauce:

• 2 tablespoons lard
• 1 large onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 large pepper
• 1 can of tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons salt (approx.)

Corn balls:

• 1 pound ground green corn
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon milk
• 2 tablespoons lard
• 2 cloves of garlic

Cuban Food Recipe Instructions:

Chop the jerked beef in chunks and let it soak overnight. On the following morning drain it.
Put the soaked jerked beef and the half chicken chopped in half into a large pot. Let it boil for about an hour. Add the brisket, the boneless pork cut in pieces and the rib roast. Let it boil for approximately another hour. When the meats have been boiling for a while some of the fat must be taken out and the stock skimmed.
While the meats are being cooked make the sauce and peel the vegetables. When the meats are tender, add the vegetables in the order they appear on the ingredients list. At the same time add the sauce, so that everything is cooked at the same time. At the time of adding the ripe plantains also prepare the corn balls to
put them in at the end.

Mix the ground corn with the salt, the milk and the lard in which two cloves of garlic have been sauted. Spoon this batter out. Drop the balls over the vegetables in the stock. Cover and let it simmer for approximately another hour. Don't stir it until the corn balls are thoroughly cooked.
To thicken the soup, mash two or three chunks of vegetables in some of the stock. The Cuban food recipe is ready to serve....nice ! Enjoy it !
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