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Mojo Roast Chicken (Pollo Asado)

Submitted by: karmicflower

This is a recipe for Cuban-style roasted chicken marinated in 'mojo' sauce.

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The Cuban Burger 'FRITA'

Submitted by: CubanCook48

Living In: Miami, Florida, USA

These burgers are made with a mixture of ground beef and pork and use smoked Spanish paprika to give it a unique and delightful flavor.

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Avocado-Lime Shrimp Salad (Ensalada de Camarones con Aguacate y Limon)

Submitted by: La Afro-Cubana

Home Town: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Living In: Central Falls, Rhode Island, USA

This easy shrimp salad contains no lettuce. It's perfect for barbeques or as a 'change of pace' dinner side dish. Customize this recipe with your favorite salad dressing in place of the lime juice. The lime gives it a tiny tangy kick.

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Cuban Picadillo

Submitted by: booghierbaby

I received this wonderful recipe of beef, olives, and sweet peppers from my son's Cuban grandmother. We serve it over black beans and rice with fried plantain on the side, it's amazing!

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The Real Mojito

Submitted by: Brandy

Considered Cuba's national drink, this lime and rum cocktail is a favorite with pirates, swashbucklers, and colorful characters in the Caribbean and beyond.

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Cuban Mojito

Submitted by: TealaB

Enjoy Cuba's traditional cocktail that blends lime juice, mint sprigs, rum, and club soda in a refreshing drink. Serve with a straw and a decorative stir stick to keep the different flavors well mixed together.

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Cuban-Style Black Beans

Submitted by: CATHIPA

Home Town: Yorktown, Virginia, USA

This recipe makes a delicious side dish when paired with yellow rice.

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Shrimp Asopao

Submitted by: cookie9035

This Cuban recipe for Latino-style shrimp soup is hearty like a beef stew would be.

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Cuban-Style Yucca

Submitted by: Cocina JNOTS

Living In: Miami, Florida, USA

Similar to the potato, yucca or cassava is a root vegetable from Latin America or Africa favored for its versatility. In this recipe, it pairs easily with a lemon juice, olive oil, garlic dressing.

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Caribbean-Style Sofrito

Submitted by: La Afro-Cubana

Home Town: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Living In: Central Falls, Rhode Island, USA

A colorful blend of red, green, orange, and yellow bell peppers, tomatoes, green onions, tomatillos, and garlic, sofrito is used to season rice, bean, and meat dishes throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

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Cuban Banana Casserole

Submitted by: Kristy

Home Town: Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA

Add a taste of Cuba to your dessert repertoire with this delightfully simple but unique dish. All you need are some bananas, brown sugar, butter, raisins, and pecans and you'll be on your way to a wonderful 'postre Cubano!'

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Chicken Ropa Vieja

Submitted by: crcowley

Ropa Vieja is a mainstay of the Cuban-American diet. It's traditionally made with skirt steak, a stringy cut of meat with the poetic name fajita (girdle) in Spanish. This recipe uses chicken breast and is fantastic; the leftovers are even better. It is wonderful served with white rice and fried plantains or a pineapple-coconut slaw.

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Pasteles De Coco (Coconut Pastries)

Submitted by: Carrie

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Living In: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Use prepared, frozen puff pastry to create crisp, buttery pastries with a sweetened coconut filling to make a Cuban-style treat discovered in Miami.

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Arroz con Leche

Submitted by: gatorgrl

Home Town: Miami, Florida, USA

This Arroz con Leche is the Cuban version of rice pudding. It's richer and sweeter than regular rice pudding. Being Cuban myself, I prefer this version of this delicious dessert to any other.

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Cuban-Style Yellow Rice

Submitted by: Mombabe

Home Town: Miami, Florida, USA

Living In: Acworth, Georgia, USA

Fragrant, flavorful, and a staple side dish in Cuban cuisine, yellow rice takes its color from annatto, a natural coloring made from the seeds of a small Central American shrub. Add peas and garnish with pimento slices for authentic Caribbean style.

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Lomo de Res, Cuban-Style Rib-Eye Steaks

Submitted by: lilloli500

Home Town: East Chicago, Indiana, USA

Living In: Whiting, Indiana, USA

This Cuban-style grilled preparation of thinly cut rib eye steaks are amazingly flavorful, with a quick and easy marinade of lime and beer. This cut of meat is sold in most Mexican or Cuban groceries but can also be found or asked for at any butcher. Stir up a pitcher of mojitos and you're ready for a Cuban style vacation in your own backyard.

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Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri

Submitted by: Helena W.

This drink is probably the best drink I have ever had in my life! You make it with strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, ice, and lemon-lime soda. You can substitute red cream soda or your favorite flavor for the lemon-lime.

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Daiquiri

Submitted by: flossi

Home Town: Yuma, Arizona, USA

Living In: Tucson, Arizona, USA

This refreshing drink is made with strawberries, rum and lemon-lime soda blended with ice for a great summer cool down.

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Spicy Cuban Mojo Chicken with Mango-Avocado Salsa

Submitted by: weekendchef

Home Town: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Living In: Coral Springs, Florida, USA

Garlic and cumin marinated chicken breasts are first seared, then finished in the oven. Once cooked, they are sprinkled with diced mango and avocado, and drizzled with a citrus reduction sauce. Every time I make it someone asks for the recipe.

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