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Cuba Food
Cuba food: the main ingredients in the Cuban cuisine are rice (arroz) beans (frijoles) , chicken (pollo)
and pork (cerdo, lechon) around this basic components exists a variety of Cuban dishes
also known as Comida Criolla. The Cuban cuisine has Spanish and African influences
but in general the Cuban dishes are not spicy.
The Cuban Breakfast
The Cuban breakfast is a light meal consisting of fresh fruits, mango, pineapple, melon, (ensalada de frutas), bread
and butter, coffee with (warm) milk (café con leche), fried eggs (huevos fritos).
In the better hotels they serve cheese and ham too.
The Cuban Lunch and Dinner
Common Cuban dishes are:
Chicken and Rice (Pollo con arroz) often served with plantains and a sauce
of black beans.
Roasted Pork and Rice (Lechon asado con arroz)
Rice and Black Beans (Arroz y frijoles negros)
Picadillo miced beef meat with a sauce of tomatoes, green peppers, onion
and garlic.
Ropa Vieja meat stew of shredded beef simmered with tomatoes, green peppers,
onion and garlic.
Cuba Fast Food
There is a growing tendency to fast food in Cuba. At the street stalls, called "Kiosko",
cheap Cuban pizza and Cuban sandwiches are sold.
At the Cuban fast food chain "EL RAPIDO" you can eat fried chicken. Watch out with
this street foods, hygiene is not their strong point. Cuban pizza is popular, made of soft bread, cheese, toppings and sauce with onion, but
the quality can not be compared to our standards.
In a cheap Cuban eatery, you can eat besides pizza, spagettis with cheese ( something what they
call 'cheese'). "Pizzeria Parque Central" in Central Havana is a popular and cheap Cuban
pizza restaurant.
Consider for quality Cuba food, the fruits from the fresh products markets, called "agromercados", like mercado de
Cuatro Caminos Maximo Gomez street 256 Havana Centro. This fruits are Cuba food of
excellent quality and without artificial fertilizers straight from the Cuban
Urban farms
Cuban Food Recipes
Cuban Dishes and Cuban Food Recipes
How to make Cuban Chicken?
How to coat and flip the chicken when making authentic Cuban chicken
learn more about making traditional Cuban food in this free cooking video.
Cuban Pork Roast Recipe
Cuban Cuisine : An easy Cuban Recipe for Rice
Arroz a la Cubana
Cuban food, like this Cuban rice recipe, exemplifies Cuban culture. In this simple rice recipe, Rita uses basic ingredients, like rice, chicken stock and peas, to create a colorful rice dish using ...
