The cuisine of Costa-Rica - North America

The foods of Costa-Rica

Exotic fruits grow locally in the tropical environment, so there is always something to make the food exciting. Meals in Costa Rica often contain both rice and black beans, or at least one or the other.
Casado
The most traditional of Costa Rican meals, the Casado is an entire meal including white rice, beans, plantains, picadillo, salad and some type of meat (chicken, fish, pork or beef).
Gallo Pinto
Particularly popular for breakfast, the gallo pinto is a rice-and-beans dish prepared with onion, celery and other spices, sometimes accompanied with natilla or scrambled eggs.
Chifrijo
Chifrijo is made of corn tortilla, chicharrón (fried pork) and beans. Other popular versions are pollo frito (fried chicken) and a vegetarian version: yuca frita (fried cassava).

Latin-American. Quick Select the recipes

| Acaraje - black-eyed pea fritters | Banana cakes with rum sauce | Black bean and corn wonton appetizers | Brochettes of pork with rosemary | Broiled pacific salmon steaks with salsa butter | Celery root and fennel slaw with green apple and manchego | Honey-garlic chicken | Jamaican pumpkin soup | Lady fingers in pyjamas | Lemon chicken cutlets | Lentil salad with corn and red onion | Mojito | Orange chiffon cake with orange fluff icing | Orange soaked cake | Peach mango smoothies | Pina colada | Strawberry delight | Vegetable-chickpea chili with almonds | Winter citrus compote

Cooking in Costa-Rica