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    Flavorful Puerto Rican & Latin American Recipes

    Here you’ll find Incredible Puerto Rican Food and Latin American dishes just like Abuelita used to make!


    Traditional Puerto Rican Recipes

    • a bowl full of white rice.
      Puerto Rican White Rice
    • Puerto Rican Habichuelas Guisadas
    • plate full of puerto rican style pork chops.
      Chuleta Frita (Puerto Rican Pork Chop)
    • two pieces of fried chicken in the center with parts of chicken pieces showing on one side.
      Puerto Rican Fried Chicken
    • a plate with carne frita y mofongo.
      Mofongo
    • a light blue plate full of puerto rican carne guisada with carrots and potatoes.
      Puerto Rican Carne Guisada (Beef Stew)

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    • A tall glass with a mojito de coco also known as coconut mojito with mint leaves as garnish a half lime next to the glass.
      Puerto Rican Mojito de Coco
    • 5 crispy fried balls of bacon croquettes on a plate.
      Bacon Spanish Croquettes
    • a big plate with a few big pieces of quesillo with a couple of spoons on the side.
      Venezuelan Quesillo Recipe
    • 3 half loafs of pan con ajo which is garlic bread made with fresh garlic.
      Pan Con Ajo (Garlic Bread)
    • chicken breast in a white sauce spiced beurre blanc garnished with parsley.
      Escabeche Chicken Beurre Blanc
    • a small dish with a spiced beurre blanc with a few bay leaves on the side and a spoon inside the dish.
      Spiced Beurre Blanc Escabeche Style

    Puerto Rican Street Food

    • 4 alcapurrias de yuca and one of them is cut in half.
      Easy Alcapurria de Yuca
    • 2 chicken pinchos with pan sobao held by hand.
      Puerto Rican Pinchos de Pollo
    • a hand holding a bacalaito.
      Puerto Rican Bacalaitos Fritos
    • a pina colada mocktail in a glass cup with a metal straw with some leaves and pineapple chunks on the table.
      Puerto Rican Piña Colada Mocktail
    • a relleno de papa opened in half with a couple of stuffed potatoes on the background.
      Rellenos De Papa (Puerto Rican stuffed Potato Balls)
    • Puerto Rican Ensalada de king crab
    • a couple of puerto rican chese dogs or piggies in a blanket split in half.
      Cheese Dogs Puerto Rico style (Pigs in a Blanket)
    • a white plate with parchment paper and 6 sorullos de maiz on top with a small dish with mayoketchup sauce on the side.
      Sorullitos de Maiz

    Seafood Recipes

    • a close up of a plate of puerto rican garlic butter shrimp with some parsley as garnish.
      Garlic Butter Shrimp
    • Fried Tilapia
    • a plate with puerto rican arroz con jueyes, limes and tostones with a beer and lime jedges on the background.
      Arroz Con Jueyes (Crab Rice)
    • 3 pieces of sierra en escabeche with onions and peppers.
      Sierra en Escabeche (Puerto Rican Pickled Fish)

    Everyday Puerto Rican Dinners

    • a plate full of a Puerto Rican garlic butter chicken also known as a pollo al ajillo.
      Pollo Al Ajillo (Puerto Rican Garlic Butter Chicken)
    • black cast iron full of corned beef cooked in a puerto rican style.
      Puerto Rican Corned Beef
    • black bast iron with pollo en escabeche chicken thighs and bay leaves and peppercorn on the surface.
      Puerto Rican Pollo en Escabeche
    • a plate with chuleta a la jardinera with a small dish with corn and a big bowl of white rice.
      Chuletas A La Jardinera

    Refreshing Drinks

    • A wine glass of a Spanish Sangria with a piece of orange as decoration and a big jar on the back.
      Spanish Sangria
    • a cup with a Puerto Rican Mojito de parcha.
      Mojito de Parcha
    • a hand holding a cup with a puerto rican limoncillo cocktail.
      Puerto Rican Limoncillo
    • a cup of a puerto rican limonada de coco.
      Coconut Lemonade

    Hola, I’m Stephenie!

    Welcome to Food Metamorphosis! I created this food blog to help you create delicious Puerto Rican food. Recipes that you normally will see on a Puerto Rican table. But you’ll also find many great Latin recipes as well.

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    Most Popular Rice Recipes

    • a spoonful of yellow rice with corn over a plate with rice.
      Puerto Rican Yellow Rice with Corn
    • Puerto Rican Rice and Beans
    • top view of a white plate with rice and pork ribs over a line pattern towel.
      Puerto Rican Pork Rib Rice
    • close up of a plate of rice with vegetables.
      Arroz A La Jardinera (Garden Rice)
    • a pan full of puerto rican arroz mamposteado.
      Easy Arroz Mamposteao
    • a spoon with with basmati coconut rice and a plate full of rice over a wood surface.
      Coconut Basmati Rice
    • a big pot on the background and a small plate with bacon rice with onions and a fork on the side.
      Rice With Bacon and Onions
    • a plate full of puerto rican arroz con salchichas.
      Puerto Rican Arroz Con Salchichas (rice with sausages)

    Puerto Rican Chinese Food!

    • a plate of puerto rican arroz chino and a plate of tostones on the side.
      Arroz Chino (Puerto Rican Style Fried Rice)
    • a plate full of a puerto rican pepper steak.
      Puerto Rican Pepper Steak Chino ( Chinese style)
    • a big plate of chine style fried chicken wings.
      Crispy Chinese Fried Chicken Wings
    • a plate full of fried shrimp in a asian style.
      Chinese Fried Shrimp

    Top 10 Recipes

    • a mold full of a puerto rican 5 layer dip with a bowl of chips in the background and a few on the side.
      Cielito Lindo Dip (5 layer dip)
    • one plate with one oven baked pork chops with some fresh thyme and a plate with more pork chops on the side.
      Puerto Rican Baked Pork Chops
    • 4 pieces of pan fried chicken breast on a pan.
      Pan Fried Chicken Breasts
    • a plate with white rice and a puerto rican style bistec encebollado.
      Bistec Encebollado (Puerto Rican cubed steak & Onions)
    • close up of a cast iron with puerto rican picadillo with a wood spoon. Next to it it has a small white dish with olives and parsley.
      Puerto Rican Picadillo
    • front view of a wood plate with sandwich de mezcla and a jar with the mix on the side.
      Sandwichitos de Mezcla (Party Sandwiches)
    • 2 loafs of puerto rican style pan sobao with a line towel around it.
      Puerto Rican Pan Sobao
    • 3 balls of a coconut sorbet served on a coconut shell.
      Helado De Coco (Puerto Rican Coconut Sorbet)
    • a big piece of a pastelon de carne made in a puerto rican style on a plate.
      Puerto Rican Pastelón
    • a jar and spoon filled with guava sauce.
      Easy Salsa de Guayaba

    Puerto Rican Desserts

    • 6 mallorcas with powder sugar on a baking tray.
      Puerto Rican Mallorcas
    • a wooden round plate with pastelillos de guayaba.
      Pastelillos de Guayaba (Guava Pastries)
    • 3 quesitos over a brown parchment paper.
      Quesitos (Sweet Cheese Pastries)
    • a piece of flan de parcha on a stack of plates with some spoons on the side.
      Passion Fruit Flan

    Sides Dishes

    • plate with a puerto rican trifongo.
      Trifongo (A Mofongo Variation)
    • a bowl with ensalada verde.
      Ensalada Verde (Simple Green Salad)
    • a plate of pickled cassava in a puerto rican style.
      Yuca en Escabeche
    • Arañitas
     

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    Limber!


    • a puerto rican limber de mani.
      Limber de Mani (Peanut Butter Frozen Cups)
    • a limber de nutella on top of some coasters.
      Limber de Nutella (Frozen Nutella Cups)
    • a limber de cheesecake with cookie crumbs around.
      Limber de Cheesecake (Cheesecake Flavor Frozen Cups)
    • 2 limber de queso.
      Limber de Queso (Cheese Flavor Frozen Cups)

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