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Sauteed Sweet Plantains (Tajaditas Dulces de Platano)

Submitted by: E.Florida
Home Town: Miami, Florida, USA
Living In: Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
This traditional South America and Caribbean side dish adds a nice sweetness to any meal. Use plantains with heavy black spotting to a fully black skin. Try these bananas in place of potatoes with your meal, you'll like it! 

Abalos-Style Hamburger Soup (Picadillo Filipino)

Submitted by: RINGONIAN
Living In: Centreville, Virginia, USA
Modified by the Filipinos from Central to South American influences, this fragrant soup is made with ground beef, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, and lots of garlic. Serve as a stew or generously over rice. 

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Picadillo

Submitted by: DarcyStarz7
Home Town: Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Living In: Brighton, Sussex, England, U.K.
Ground beef and chorizo sausage are browned then simmered with tomatoes and spices among other things. This could be where Sloppy Joes came from! It's a wonderful Cuban recipe that I've served like chili or over a roll or even over cornbread! Total comfort food. 

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Tacos De Matamoros

Submitted by: RHONDA35
Home Town: Rio Hondo, Texas, USA
Living In: Austin, Texas, USA
A staple dish in Matamoros, Mexico, this simple recipe starts with ground beef mixed with spices that you already have in your kitchen and turns into a great family dinner! Perfect to 'make ahead' on busy days. Serve with warm corn or flour tortillas, Spanish rice, and beans-a-la-charra. 

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Rellenitos de Platano

Submitted by: Hellen Gavarrete
Sweetened, refried, black beans are surrounded in a blanket of mashed plantain and fried in these Guatemalan snacks. 

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Submitted by: Jennifer
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Submitted by: booghierbaby
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Peruvian Chicken Soup (Aguadito de Pollo)

Submitted by: Jose Mendoza
Home Town: Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
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