CUBAN FOOD RECIPES

ALBONDIGAS - Cuban Meatballs

2011-10-11T22:18:00.000-07:00

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

2011-09-13T22:12:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-30T00:15:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-21T00:17:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-17T08:59:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-10T08:57:00.000-07:00

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 !
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Ajiaco Criollo

2009-07-08T00:20:00.000-07:00

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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Chicken broth (caldo de pollo)

2009-07-08T00:19:00.000-07:00

Chicken broth (caldo de pollo)
A great Cuban food recipe to try !
Cuban Food Recipes Ingredients:

½ pound of chicken
6 cups water
1 tablespoon salt
3 cloves of garlic
3 tomatoes
3 peppers
1 stalk of parsley
1 onion

Cuban Food Recipe Instructions:

Cut the meat in slices two to three inches thick. Combine all the ingredients into a pot. Let them soak for half an hour. Put the pot over the fire and bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for about two hours. The pot must be kept covered. Strain the broth. The Cuban Food recipe of chicken is ready to serve...enjoy it ! Nice !
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Cuban Food -Chicken roasted in a pressure cooker

2009-07-08T00:14:00.000-07:00

Cuban Food Recipe -Chicken roasted in a pressure cooker
(pollo asado en la olla de presión)
A nice Cuban food recipe to try !
Cuban Food Recipe Ingredients:

1 middle sized chicken
2 tablespoons butter
1/8 teaspoon ground pepper
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon tomato sauce
1 tablespoon vinegar
3 tablespoons dry wine

Cuban Food Recipe Instructions:

Chop the chicken in eights, place it in the pressure cooker with the rest of the ingredients and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes. The Cuban food recipe of pollo asado is ready..enjoy it !
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Cuban Food-Fried Chicken Creole (pollo frito a la criolla)

2009-07-08T00:13:00.000-07:00

Cuban Food-Fried Chicken Creole
(pollo frito a la criolla)

A great Cuban Food recipe to try !
Cuban Food Recipe Ingredients:

1 chicken of one kilogram
3 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground oregano
1 teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon ground pepper
1 Seville orange
1 onion
½ cup fat (oil or lard)

Cuban Food Recipe Instructions:

Chop the chicken in eights.
Crush the garlic cloves with salt and spices and add the Seville orange juice and the onion rings. Pour this mixture over the chicken pieces and marinate for a few hours.Heat the fat and brown the chicken pieces. When golden brown, add the marinade along with the onion.Cover the frying pan or pot and simmer for about 25 minutes. The Cuban Food recipeis ready to serve ! Enjoy it !
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Baked Breaded Chicken (Pollo empanizado al Horno)

2009-07-08T00:11:00.000-07:00

Baked Breaded Chicken (Pollo empanizado al Horno)
A nice Cuban food recipe to try !

Cuban Food Recipe Ingredients:

1 medium chicken

Seasoning: Mash in a mortar the garlic, oregano, peppercorns, and salt.

Add oil and the juice of one lemon and mix well.
For each pound of dressed chicken: ¼ cup bread crumbs

2 eggs
1/8 teaspoon salt

Cuban Food Recipe Instructions :

After chicken is cleaned and drawn, wash well, cut into serving portions, and weigh. Do not remove chicken skin. Season the chicken. Rub seasonings well into chicken pieces on both sides.
Put bread crumbs on a sheet of waxed paper. Dip the chicken into the eggs beaten with salt and then cover the chicken pieces thoroughly with the crumbs.
Grease a baking dish and place chicken pieces in it. Dot the surface with butter.
Preheat oven 400 degrees F. and cook the chicken, uncovered, for 40 minutes. The Cuban food recipe of breaded chicken is ready .....enjoy it !
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Cuban Sandwich spread (pasta para bocaditos)

2009-07-08T00:10:00.000-07:00

Cuban Sandwich spread (pasta para bocaditos)
A nice Cuban food recipe to try !
Ingredients:

1 cup mortadella, York or cooked ham
Cream cheese or white cheese spread
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon ground pickled gherkins
3 hard boiled eggs, minced
Salt to taste

Yoghurt may be added if you find the spread too thick

Instructions:

Combine all the ingredients and spread this mixture over soda crackers, toasts or buns. The Cuban food recipe of sandwich spread is ready !!
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Stuffed potatoes (papas rellenas)

2009-07-08T00:07:00.000-07:00

Stuffed potatoes (papas rellenas)

A nice Cuban food recipe to try !
Ingredients:

potato puree.
canned meat,
ham,
seafood,
cheese or fish.
small balls stuffed

Instructions:

Make a potato puree and season only with salt to taste.
Shape into small balls stuffed with canned meat, ham, seafood, cheese or fish.
Coat the balls in beaten egg and ground crackers or breadcrumbs.
Fry just before serving...and the Cuban food recipe of papas rellenas is ready to serve...enjoy it !

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Arroz con Pollo-Chicken with Rice

2009-02-27T22:27:00.000-08:00

Arroz con Pollo-Chicken with Rice...an amazing Cuban food recipe to try !

INGREDIENTS

4 strips of bacon
8 chicken thighs, bone in, skin on
Salt, pepper, and cumin for Chicken
Olive oil for frying
1 large onion, chopped
4-5 cachucha peppers (or 1 large green pepper), chopped
4 cloves garlic mashed
1 (12 oz.) bottle of beer
3 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 (8-ounce) can of tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon Bijol Powder
1 bay leaf
2 teaspoons oregano
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 1/2 cups of parboiled rice
1/2 cup frozen green baby peas (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
Sauté the bacon in a large frying pan. Reduce heat to low and let the fat render out of the bacon -- about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, season the chicken lightly with salt, pepper and a little cumin.

Once the fat is released, remove the bacon, increase temperature to Medium-high and add the chicken to the hot bacon fat. Remove the chicken when it is browned on both sides.
Add a little olive oil to the same pan you fried the chicken in, and sauté the onion and green pepper until the onion is translucent. Add the mashed garlic and cook an additional minute or two, stirring frequently.
Take the chicken broth and beer and pour into a large covered pot.
Add the browned chicken pieces, cooked onions and green pepper, tomato sauce, Bijol, bay leaf, oregano, cumin, salt, and pepper. And hey, why let all that delicious bacon go to waste? Chop it up and toss it in! Bring everything to a rolling boil, reduce heat, cover and cook on low for 15 minutes.
Add the rice. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. When the rice has absorbed some of the liquid, cover and simmer on low for about 30-45 minutes, or until the rice is fully cooked and not soupy. Add the frozen peas during the last five minutes of cooking only.
For a dinner, serve the whole chicken pieces with the rice. For a party, you may remove the chicken, skin, de-bone and break it into bite-size chunks. The Cuban food recipe of Arroz con Pollo Chicken is ready to serve.....enjoy the chicken....nice !
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Arepas-Corn Pancake Sandwiches

2009-02-27T22:23:00.000-08:00

Arepas-Corn Pancake Sandwiches...a unique Cuban food recipe to try ....Nice one !

INGREDIENTS

1 cup milk
5 tablespoons butter
1 cup ground frozen corn kernels
1 cup Arepa Flour or 1 cup finely ground yellow corn meal
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup water (approximately)
Mild Swiss cheese, sliced

INSTRUCTIONS
Bring the milk to a boil in a small pan.
Add the five tablespoons of butter. Let stand.
Grind one cup frozen yellow corn kernels in a food processor. In a large bowl, mix the arepa flour, salt, sugar, ground corn, and mozzarella. Make a well in the center and gradually add the hot milk. Stir until there are no lumps.
Work the dough until it is smooth and sticky. Add water as necessary if the dough is too thick. Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough between two sheets of wax paper to about 1/4" thickness.
Cut out arepas with a large cookie cutter-- about 3 inches in diameter. (We've had good luck using a small straight edged bowl.)
Heat a lightly buttered griddle on medium. Cook the arepas in batches until crispy and golden brown on each side. Immediately place a slice of cheese on one arepa and cover with another to make a sandwich.
Heat on griddle until cheese melts. You can also make the pancakes only and store them in the refrigerator or frozen until ready to serve. Just lightly butter two pancakes, put a slice of cheese in between (on the unbuttered sides) and heat on the griddle at low-heat until the cheese melts.
The Cuban food recipe is ready to serve....enjoy !
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Alce con Papas - Elk with Potatoes

2009-02-27T22:20:00.000-08:00

Alce con Papas - Elk with Potatoes...a great Cuban food recipe...try this one out !

INGREDIENTS

3 pounds elk meat, cut into 2-inch cubes (You may substitute fake elk, AKA beef)
White flour for dredging olive oil for sautéing
Cumin by eye
Salt by eye
Pepper by eye
1 cup green pepper, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
5 cloves garlic, crushed
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 bay leaf
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (28-ounce) can tomatoes, drained and chopped
2 cups white potatoes, chunked
1 cup red wine
4 cups beef or elk stock
Juice of one fresh lime

INSTRUCTIONS
Pour a generous quantity of olive oil into a large sauté pan and turn the burner to high. Sprinkle the elk (or beef) cubes with a little red wine, then add cumin, salt, and pepper by eye. Dredge the
cubes in the flour. Just before the oil starts to smoke, reduce heat to medium high and carefully drop the seasoned and floured elk cubes into the hot oil in small batches. Turn quickly to brown on all sides, then remove from pan and reserve.
Use the same oil to sauté the onions and green peppers. When the onions are nice and limp, add the crushed garlic and sauté just one minute more, stirring constantly.
Place the meat and the onion/pepper/garlic mixture in a large saucepan or stock pot. Add all of the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer until the meat and potatoes are fork tender -- about 2 to 3 hours.
You may also finish this in the crock pot. Bring everything to a boil as indicated above. Then transfer everything to your crock pot. Set the crock pot on low, cover and cook all day -- a minimum of 8 hours. The Cuban food recipe is ready...hmm..nice !
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