Latin Recipes in English

Puerto Rican, Cuban, Honduran, Salvadoran and Guatemalan recipes, tested at home and written for US kitchens — cups, °F and where to find the ingredients.

Puerto Rican papa majada: a bowl of smooth garlicky mashed potatoes with melted butter and scallions, next to a plate of bistec encebollado with onionsPuerto Rico

Papa Majada (Puerto Rican Mashed Potatoes)

40 minGuatemalan pollo en crema: browned chicken pieces in a pale creamy sauce with red bell pepper and loroco, served over white rice with corn tortillasGuatemala

Pollo en Crema (Guatemalan Chicken in Cream Sauce)

50 minHonduran baleadas: thick blistered flour tortillas folded over refried red beans with crema and crumbled dry cheese, one especial open showing scrambled egg and avocadoHonduras

Honduran Baleadas (Thick Flour Tortillas with Beans, Crema and Cheese)

40 minSalvadoran quesadilla: squares of golden sweet cheese cake topped with sesame seeds, one turned to show the dense moist crumb, with a cup of black coffeeEl Salvador

Salvadoran Quesadilla (Sweet Cheese Pound Cake)

50 minPuerto Rican flan de queso: a whole cream-cheese flan unmolded with amber caramel running down the sides, one wedge cut to show the dense silky custardPuerto Rico

Puerto Rican Flan (Flan de Queso)

1 hr 30 minPuerto Rican pan de agua: two long golden loaves with a crackly slashed crust, one torn open to show the light airy crumb, with café con leche and butterPuerto Rico

Pan de Agua (Puerto Rican Water Bread)

2 hr 30 minHonduran pastelitos: crispy golden fried corn-dough half-moons, one broken open to show the beef and rice filling, served with pickled cabbage slaw and chimol salsaHonduras

Honduran Pastelitos (Crispy Corn Empanadas with Beef, Beans or Cheese)

1 hr 15 minPuerto Rican gandinga: pork liver and heart stew in red achiote sofrito sauce with green olives and capers, served over white rice with tostonesPuerto Rico

Gandinga (Puerto Rican Pork Liver Stew)

1 hr 30 minCuban bistec en cazuela: thin braised steaks in a black caldero with red tomato sauce, sliced onions, green pepper and stuffed green olives, a plate of white rice and fried sweet plantains beside itCuba

Bistec en Cazuela (Cuban Braised Steak in Tomato Sauce)

1 hr 50 minPuerto Rican limber de maní: creamy peanut butter ice pushed up out of a clear plastic cup with a bite taken, chopped roasted peanuts on top, jar of peanut butter behindPuerto Rico

Limber de Maní (Puerto Rican Peanut Butter Ice Cups)

10 minPuerto Rican limber de coco: creamy white coconut ice pushed up out of a clear plastic cup and topped with toasted shredded coconut, more cups and a can of cream of coconut behindPuerto Rico

Limber de Coco (Puerto Rican Coconut Ice Cups)

15 minPuerto Rican Nutella limbers in small clear plastic cups, one squeezed up with a bite taken out, topped with mini chocolate chips and chopped hazelnutsPuerto Rico

Nutella Limber (Puerto Rican Frozen Nutella Cups)

10 min