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Cuban Dishes

Corvina al Ajillo
4
This simple and delicious
dish of seabass with a garlic sauce
is typically combined with slices of
lime and regular veg etables such
as carrots. Usually either mashed
potatoes or moros y cristianos are
served on the side.
Pollo con Quimbombó
5
A traditional country recipe,
this dish is a chicken casserole
simmered with chopped okra,
onions, garlic, green pepper, and
tomato, plus plantain and seasoned
with black pepper, coriander, and
lime juice. It is served with a bowl
of steamed or boiled malanga (a
starchy root vege table), yams, and
potatoes, along with white rice.
Cerdo Asado (succulent roast pork) 6
Potaje
Cerdo Asado
1 Black beans are slow­cooked
with garlic, onions, pepper,
Pork is roasted in
an open oven or on a oregano, and other herbs to
spit, and is served produce this delicious, thick
whole on skewers or soup. Sometimes pieces of
sliced. Cerdo Asado is pork or chicken are added. A
usually served with rice bowl of plain white rice is
and black beans accom­ usually the sole
panied by fried plantain. accompaniment.
Moros y
Ajiaco
2 7
Cristianos
This minestrone­
The base of comida criolla style vegetable stew
(traditional Cuban fare), this is made with malanga,
dish com prises white rice turnips, corn, and
cooked with black beans and Moros y yucca, plus a variety
is served as an accompaniment Cristianos of meats, including
to meat and seafood meals. It is pork and chicken. It is
known as congrí when cooked with seasoned with herbs.
red beans and congrí oriental when
the red and black beans are mixed.
Bistec Uruguayo
3
“Uruguayan beef,” a staple
found on many restaurant menus,
is a steak stuffed with ham and
cheese. It is usually accompanied
by a side salad of boiled vege tables,
mashed potatoes or rice, and beans.
Fish and chicken are often used
instead of beef. Ajiaco, a popular Cuban stew

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