What Kind of Food Does Puerto Ricans Eat?

Answer 1

Puerto Rican cuisine is mildly reminiscent of its Spanish roots as well as Amerindian, and African influences. Puerto Rican food is quite distinct from Mexican cuisine. It is also distinct from the cuisine in the fifty United States.

The food is often well seasoned, but rarely very spicy. Beans and rice are common, and a favorite is platanos fritos, or fried plantains, similar to a banana but much less sweet and firmer. When fried they have an almost nutty taste.

Puerto Rico's national dish is called Arroz con Gandules which is a rice and pea dish nicely seasoned with sofrito and smoked ham (with many variations thereof). Other tasty foods include empanadillas de carne/queso, meat or cheese turnovers usually called "empanadas" in other Spanish-speaking countries, and mofongo, a dish derived from Afro-Boricua culture, made from fried green plaintains that have been seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork cracklings then mashed. It is usually served with a fried meat and a fish soup. In New York, cuchifritos are also quite popular.

Answer 2

The "Puertorriqueños" eat rice with gandules and pork, other popular food in Puerto Rico is the MOFONGO, BACALAITOS, ALCAPURRIAS AND PASTELES DE MASA CON CERDO. Everything is cook with "sofrito" a blend of onions, green and red peppers, "ajíes dulces", "recao" and garlic. If you like to know about a Puertorican food take the books of Carmen Aboy Bardeyulli.

Answer 3

My neighbors are Puerto Rican . It seems to me they eat a lot of rice and chicken and a lot of sweets!

Answer 4

arroz con gandules and pork chops(chuletas). lechon which is pork made i the oven or if ur cuban like me we do them in the backyard in a chinese box. we eat similar foods like steaks chicken sea food rice beans platains and coconuts.

Answer 5

red beans & rice

(as in "Red beans and rice didn't miss her" from Baby Got Back)

Answer 6

spanish rice

Answer 7

spanish rice
ham