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    Flavorful Puerto Rican & Latin Inspired side dishes


    Tired of the same sides? Find the perfect side dish and turn every meal into a masterpiece! Try any of these Flavorful Puerto Rican & Latin Inspired side dishes.

    Choose from an easy Puerto Rican bean recipe or a delicious yuca en escabeche.

    Or try any of the classic simple rice sides like the arroz con gandules, the classic white rice, or the arroz a la jardinera.


    • 5 crispy fried balls of bacon croquettes on a plate.
      Bacon Spanish Croquettes
    • 3 half loafs of pan con ajo which is garlic bread made with fresh garlic.
      Pan Con Ajo (Garlic Bread)
    • A close view of a bowl of ensalada de coditos, the Puerto Rican version of an elbow salad.
      Puerto Rican Ensalada de Coditos (Elbow Salad)
    • A big pot of arroz con gandules and coconut milk.
      Pigeon Peas and Rice With Coconut Milk
    • a bowl on top of a wooden plate with a white cloth and many pao de queijo small buns with a black coffee cup in the background.
      Pao de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread)
    • a few pantain tortillas with a small dish with salt, and parsley on the side.
      Easy Plantain Tortillas
    • a stack of fresh yuca tortillas over a wood cutting board with a salt dish of salt, parsley and oil on the background.
      Yuca Tortillas
    • a hand holding 2 pieces of fried cassava with puerto rican mayoketchup.
      Yuca Frita (Fried Cassava)
    • a few puerto rican tostones al ajillo in a plate with parsley as garnish pn the side.
      Puerto Rican Tostones Al Ajillo
    • a plate full of puerto rican arroz con salchichas.
      Puerto Rican Arroz Con Salchichas (rice with sausages)
    • a caldero with puerto rican arroz con jamonilla.
      Arroz Con Jamonilla (Puerto Rican Spam Rice)
    • a wood plate full of puerto rican bolitas de arroz mamposteado and one rice ball open in half.
      Puerto Rican Bolitas De Arroz Mamposteao
    • a pan full of puerto rican arroz mamposteado.
      Easy Arroz Mamposteao
    • 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 of puerto rican arroz chino and a plate of tostones on the side.
      Arroz Chino (Puerto Rican Style Fried Rice)
    • plate with a puerto rican trifongo.
      Trifongo (A Mofongo Variation)
    • 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)
    • a spoonful of yellow rice with corn over a plate with rice.
      Puerto Rican Yellow Rice with Corn
    • a bowl with ensalada verde.
      Ensalada Verde (Simple Green Salad)
    • a plate with guineitos en escabeche made in a puerto rican style with a dish of black pepper corn on the background.
      Guineitos En Escabeche (Pickled Green Bananas)
    • top view of 2 white bowl with arroz con gandules over a banana leaf.
      Arroz con Gandules
    • a spoon with with basmati coconut rice and a plate full of rice over a wood surface.
      Coconut Basmati Rice
    • 2 loafs of puerto rican style pan sobao with a line towel around it.
      Puerto Rican Pan Sobao
    • close up of a plate of rice with vegetables.
      Arroz A La Jardinera (Garden Rice)
    • a plate of pickled cassava in a puerto rican style.
      Yuca en Escabeche
    • Puerto Rican Rice and Beans
    • Amarillos (Fried Plantains)
    • Araรฑitas
    • Puerto Rican Habichuelas Guisadas
    • a bowl full of white rice.
      Puerto Rican White Rice
    • Canastas de Platano (Plantain Cups)
    • tostones- fried green plantains sprinkle with sea salt.
      Tostones (Fried Green Plantains)
    • 3 potato burger buns staked one on top of the other.
      Potato Burger Buns

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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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