Costa Rican National Dishes Menu Arroz con Leche

Costa Rican National Dishes

Menu Arroz con Leche Picadillo de Arracache Tamales Chorreadas Flor de Itabo Tamal Asado Picadillo de Papaya Casado Olla de Carne Gallo Pinto

“Arroz con Leche” Recipe Information

“Arroz con Leche” Ingredients 2 cups of rice. 1 can of condensed milk. 1 can of evaporated milk. 2 cups of milk. 1 cup of sugar. 1 stick of cinnamon 5 cloves. 1 box of risings (optional). 1/2 margarine bar. Information Preparation Cook the rice with plenty water, add the cinnamon and the cloves for an hour. Add the milk and cook for half an hour, mix the rice constantly and avoid letting it dry. Add the sugar and cook for 10 minutes. Add the condensed and evaporated milks. Cook for 15 minutes. When it is ready, let it cool down for 15 minutes before eat.

“Arroz con Leche” Recipe In Costa Rica, arroz con leche is commonly eaten after lunch as a desert, but people can eat it at any time.

“Chorreadas” Recipe Information

“Chorreadas” Ingredients ½ K. corn. Salt 1 egg 3 spoon of flour Information Preparation Grind the corn with the other ingredients. Heat a pan and pour some oil on it. Pour two tablespoon of the mixture on the pan and spread it in the pan forming a tortilla-shape. Cook for both sides. Serve with sour cream.

“Chorreadas” Recipe “Ticos” eat chorreadas with cheese or sour cream. It is mostly eaten on “corn season” at the afternoon or at breakfast time, it is almost always accompanied with coffee or “agua dulce”

“Olla de Carne” Recipe Information

“Olla de Carne” Ingredients 4 liters of water. 1 kilo of beef. Salt. Carrots, potatoes, plantains, and the vegetables you like. Coriander and celery. Information Preparation Cut the meat into small pieces. Cook the beef in the water, add salt (cook for 20 minutes). Peel the vegetables and cut them into big pieces. Add the vegetables to the soup and cook for 30 minutes. When it is done add chopped celery and coriander.

“Olla de Carne” Recipe Costa Ricans eat “olla de carne” for lunch or dinner, it is very common for popular parties called “turnos. ”

“Flor de Itabo” Recipe Information

“Flor de Itabo” Ingredients The flowers from one branch of “Itabo flower. ” 3 eggs. ¼ of cup of chopped onion Salt Information Preparation Cook the onions on a pan with some butter. Add the flower (without the green center) and the eggs and some salt. Mix the ingredients until the eggs are completely cooked.

“Flor de Itabo” Recipe “Flor de Itabo” can be eaten, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or in the afternoon. It can be accompanied with tortillas and coffee, or with other meals.

“Picadillo de Papaya” Recipe Information

“Picadillo de Papaya” Information Ingredients Preparation 5 small green papayas. 1 Kilo of beef. Coriander. Onion. Red pepper. Garlic. Spices and salt Peel and chop the papayas into small deices. Cook the beef, when it is ready, chop it. Boil water and add some salt, add the papaya and cook for 15 min. When the papaya is soft, take it off the water and dry it. Chop the onion, the garlic, the red pepper, and the coriander. Cook in a saucepan the onion, garlic, pepper. Add the beef, the red pepper and the spices, cook until the meat is ready. Add the papaya and cook for 20 minutes, when it is ready, add the coriander

“Picadillo de Papaya” Recipe Picadillo de papaya is very popular in some areas of Costa Rica. People eat it for breakfast, or in the afternoon with tortillas and coffee.

“Gallo Pinto” Recipe Information

“Gallo Pinto” Recipe 1 cup of cooked rice. 1 cup of cooked beans with its stock. 3 tablespoons of chopped onion. 3 tablespoons of chopped red pepper. 2 tablespoons of chopped coriander. 1 tablespoon of butter. Information Preparation • Cook the onion, red pepper and coriander with the butter on a pan. • Add the beans and the rice. • Cook for some minutes and take off of the heat.

“Gallo Pinto” Recipe Gallo Pinto is the most bopular breakfast of the contry. People eat it with cream sour or cheese and eggs, also they accompany it with coffee or a natural juice.

“Casado” Recipe Information

“Casado” Ingredients 6 tablespoons of cooked rice 4 tablespoons of cooked beans. Some salad. 2 pieces of cooked plantain. Cooked beef or chicken, or fish. Information Preparation Place all the ingredients on a plate and enjoy the food.

“Casado” Recipe “Casado” is commonly eaten for lunch. The rice, beans salad, picadillo, and plantain are always included, the beef or ohter kind of meat may vary according to the person likes.

“Tamales” Recipe Information

“Tamales” Ingredients 3 Kg. of corn dough. 1½ kg. of cooked potatoes. 2 kg. of pork meat. ¼ of lard. ½ kg of cooked rice. Cooked carrots. Red pepper cut into strips. Spices. Coriander. Information Preparation Cook the pork meat in water with the spices. When it is done, separate the meat from the broth. Add the broth to the dough and cook until the dough is soft. Form the tamales in plantain leaves: place a spoonful of dough, one tablespoon of rice, I piece of pork, one piece of carrot, one of potato, one stripe of red pepper and one leave of coriander. Wrap the tamal into the plantain leaf and tie it up with threat. Cook in boiling water for 35 minutes.

“Tamales” Recipe Tamales are very popular in Costa Rica, they are mostly eaten for Christmas and for “turnos. ”

“Tamal Asado” Recipe Information

“Tamal Asado” Ingredients 2 cups of corn flour. 1 liter of sour milk. 2 eggs 1½ cups of sugar. 1 teaspoon of vanilla. 230 grams of butter. 1½ cup of grinded white cheese. Information Preparation Blend the corn flour with the sour milk and the eggs. Pour the mixture on a bowl, add the sugar, the vanilla, the butter and the cheese, then mix the ingredients. Place the mixture on a greased rectangular pyrex. Bake at 350 °F. for an hour or until it is well cooked.

“Tamal Asado” Recipe In Costa Rica, people eat tamal asado for breakfast or in the afternoon with coffee or “agua dulce”.

“Picadillo de Arracache” Recipe Information

“Picadillo de Arracache” Information Recipe 1 kg. of grinded arracahe. ½ kg of grinded meat. 3 tablespoons of lard. Spices. Onion, garlic and red pepper, Oregano, coriander. Salt. Preparation Boil the arracache in water for 10 minutes. Then dry it up. Cook the meat with the onion, garlic, red pepper, and spices with a little water for 20 minutes. Add the arracache and the lard and cook for 15 minutes. Mix constantly until it is done.

“Picadillo de Arracache” Recipe This picadillo is popular in some parts of the country. It is eaten for breakfast or in the afternoon. People eat it with tortillas and coffee or “agua dulce. ”