Ropa vieja, which translates to old clothes, is another Cuban traditional dish that I grew up eating. My mother would typically make this at our Sunday family dinners since its easy to make large quantities which is perfect when you have to serve so many people. Since I started this blog, I like to look […]
Empanadas de carne take me back to Hialeah where Abuela Nena would make them in her kitchen. I don’t know why, but I specifically have this memory of her making them while watching TV in her kitchen. They used to have this TV/radio combination in the kitchen with an antenna you would have to use to get […]
Carne con papa, meat with potato stew, is another Cuban staple that pretty much all Cubans grow up eating. My abuela Vivian makes the best carne con papa out there and this is her recipe. My favorite part is getting the liquid from the stew and drenching rice in it and just eating it all up. It’s just so freaking delicious. […]
So, I know this recipe doesn’t look Cuban what-so-ever, but there are two things that I have slightly become obsessed with, and those two things are lime and cilantro. And since chicken is the most consumed protein in the US, I obviously combined the three. Chicken was on the menu growing up multiple times a week. It’s inexpensive, and […]
You know those meals that your mom makes all the time growing up and you kind of get tired of eating it, but then you truly appreciate it when you grow up and move out? Well that’s what albondigas (meatballs) are to me. It happened to me when I moved to New York. I don’t […]
Arroz con pollo (similar to paella) is a dish that I grew up eating on a weekly basis at Abuela Nena’s house. I honestly just noticed it translates to rice with chicken instead of chicken with rice, and I am assuming that it is because its mainly rice in the dish. Kind of like when I put ketchup on my picadillo and […]
When I think of papa rellenas, it takes me back to 2006 during hurricane season. I remember we were about to get hit by a hurricane in South Florida and my siblings and I were helping my dad put up shutters right before the storm hit. It brings me back to this day because this was the first […]
Picadillo—to me—is a staple of a Cuban household. It’s quick, super easy to make, and, when made right, delicious. You can also make a butt load to serve a ton of people and it really doesn’t take that much longer than just making it for yourself. Also, the best thing about picadillo, is that you […]
Breaded steak is the direct translation of bistec empanizado. Whenever I go eat at a Cuban restaurant, I am always torn between ordering one these as my entrée or a bistec de palomilla (a pan seared piece of steak which was marinade with mojo). To be honest with you, when I go back home I […]
Pork is a staple in the Cuban diet and man do my wife and I love pork chops. My favorite way to eat them is sautéed in a pan, marinaded in what I believe to be the best marinade ever made, “The Lechonera Mojo Criollo.” Goya does have a similar product which I do resort […]
