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    Puerto Rican and Latin Main Dish Recipes


    Explore the rich flavors of comforting Puerto Rican and Latin Main Dish Recipes. Here you'll find chicken, beef, pork, seafood, and many rice recipes.

    From quick and easy weeknight wonders like a 15-minute picadillo or my ensalada de king crab to my one-pot pork rib rice. Or maybe you looking for real Puerto Rican comfort food like chicharrones de Pollo or a delicious Puerto Rican corned beef.


    • chicken breast in a white sauce spiced beurre blanc garnished with parsley.
      Escabeche Chicken Beurre Blanc
    • A piece of a baked lasagna and a fork on the side.
      Lasagna With White Sauce
    • a plate with a carved turkey or pavochon and a bowl of pigeon peas and rice.
      Pavochon (Puerto Rican Turkey)
    • A Paella Valenciana with chicken, judias and rosemary.
      Spanish Paella Valenciana
    • a bowl of creamy coconut pumpkin soup with cream and croutons on top and a couple of spoons on the side.
      Pumpkin Coconut Soup
    • a bowl of an easy broccoli soup with cheddar cheese and croutons as topping.
      Creamy Broccoli Soup
    • a coconut milk dutch baby garnished with a cherry filling with some powder sugar and mint leaf on the side.
      Coconut Dutch Baby
    • a plate with a few pinchos de pollo, puerto rican pork skewers with toasted bread on the side.
      Pinchos de Cerdo (Pork Skewers)
    • a plate with a stack of 5 coconut pancakes with syrup and a piece of butter on top with a couple of forks on the side.
      Coconut Pancakes
    • a plate with a stack of 3 coconut french toast with a couple of forks on the side.
      Coconut French Toast
    • a smash burger double patty with cheese on a brioche burger bun.
      Smash Burgers
    • 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
    • a big bowl with a puerto rican style salad.
      Puerto Rican Salad
    • a grilled chicken sandwich made on a potato bread, mayo, lettuce, tomato and onions.
      Classic Chicken Sandwiches
    • 4 pieces of pan fried chicken breast on a pan.
      Pan Fried Chicken Breasts
    • a plate with 3 pastelillos de pollo or puerto rican chicken empanadas.
      Pastelillos de Pollo (Chicken Empanadas)
    • Puerto Rican Shredded Chicken
    • a plate full of puerto rican style baby shower meatballs with guava sauce.
      Guava Baby Shower Meatballs
    • a bowl full of juicy baked meatballs garnished with fresh parsley.
      Easy Baked Meatballs
    • a close up of a plate of puerto rican garlic butter shrimp with some parsley as garnish.
      Garlic Butter Shrimp
    • 3 pieces of sierra en escabeche with onions and peppers.
      Sierra en Escabeche (Puerto Rican Pickled Fish)
    • a plate full of fried shrimp in a asian style.
      Chinese Fried Shrimp
    • 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)
    • a plate of carne de cerdo guisada with a pot of meat in the back.
      Carne de Cerdo Guisada (Stewed Pork)
    • a fe frozen pasteles de arroz over a banana leaf.
      Puerto Rican Pasteles de Arroz
    • a pan with puerto rican fricase de pollo and on the side a plate of white rice and cilantro.
      Fricase De Pollo (Puerto Rican Chicken Fricassee
    • a plate with white rice and a puerto rican style bistec encebollado.
      Bistec Encebollado (Puerto Rican cubed steak & Onions)
    • 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 big plate of chine style fried chicken wings.
      Crispy Chinese Fried Chicken Wings
    • a plate full of a puerto rican pepper steak.
      Puerto Rican Pepper Steak Chino ( Chinese style)
    • 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 relleno de papa opened in half with a couple of stuffed potatoes on the background.
      Rellenos De Papa (Puerto Rican stuffed Potato Balls)
    • 3 puerto rican hotdogs with a side dish of cooked onions.
      Puerto Rican Hot Dog
    • a plate with a carved whole chicken in a peruvian pollo a la brasa style.
      Pollo A La Brasa (Peruvian Roasted Chicken)
    • a plate of puerto rican arroz chino and a plate of tostones on the side.
      Arroz Chino (Puerto Rican Style Fried Rice)
    • a big piece of a pastelon de carne made in a puerto rican style on a plate.
      Puerto Rican Pastelรณn
    • a plate full of empanadillas de pizza.
      Empanadillas de Pizza
    • 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)
    • 2 boiled pork chops with some garlic and fresh thyme on the side.
      How to Make Boiled Pork Chops (not bland)
    • a plate with chuleta a la jardinera with a small dish with corn and a big bowl of white rice.
      Chuletas A La Jardinera

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    • 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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