Perhaps it would be difficult to find someone, who doesn’t like fajitas! If you’ve never made them at home, then it’s high time to try! Fajita is a Tex-Mex (Texas-Mexican) dish consisting of tortillas, fried meat, roasted or fresh vegetables, various sauces and other stuff. In other words, the dish is very versatile, you can…
Žyma: Latin American Kitchen
Chaulafan de Pollo – Ecuadorian Style Fried Rice with Chicken / Chaulafan de Pollo – kepti ryžiai su vištiena ekvadorietiškai
In my kitchen I am very keen on trying new, not yet tasted dishes and flavors. Every time I make something from Latin American cuisine I have found unrealistically delicious dishes, which I have never made, or even tasted before. Chaulafan is one of them 🙂 To make chaulafan takes long enough, but the dish…
Brigadeiros – Brazilian Chocolate Caramel Truffles / Brigadeiros – braziliški šokoladiniai-karameliniai triufeliai
These beautiful brigadeiro sweets are made super easy and you need just 4 ingredients! This is a great sweet for those who are looking for a simple, sweet ideas for holidays or every day treat for yourself. Brigadeiro truffles came from Brazil, where you can find many kinds of brigadeiro options. I usually like to…
Huevos Motuleños – Mexican Breakfast Dish/Huevos Motuleños – meksikietiškas pusryčių patiekalas
Huevos Motuleños is one of the traditional breakfast dishes in Mexico. The meal usually consists of fried tortillas, fried eggs, refried beans, homemade tomato sauce, peas, ham, plantains, avocado and fresh cheese. In other words, in one plate you will find everything you need to start a productive day. Of course, the preparation of such…
Alfajores (Dulche de Leche Cookie Sandwiches)/Alfajores (sausainiai su karamelizuotu pienu)
Alfajores cookies are popular in Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and, more generally, throughout South America. Alfajores cookies filling is usually caramelized milk (caramel), which is widely used in South American confectionery. For Alfajores filling you can also choose a variety of other sweet creams or chocolate. I kept the traditional version. The cookie by itself is…
Pickled Red Onions (Cebollas Encurtidas) / Marinuoti mėlynieji svogūnai (Cebollas Encurtidas)
In Latin American cuisine pickled red onions (also known as Cebollas Encurtidas) are eaten with a wide variety of meat and fish dishes, it’s often served next to the meal, as one of the side dishes. Pickled onion is the most delicious when it’s cut very thinly. You can cut the onion not even in…
Guacamole / Gvakamolė
Guacamole is one of the fastest prepared dips, which is goes with a wide range of snacks, salad and other dishes. Guacamole dip is widespread throughout Latin America and, of course, the United States. Guacamole should be served immediately or stored in the refrigerator, but no longer than 2 days. The original version of guacamole…
Peruvian Style Chicken/Kepta višta peruietiškai
Peruvian style chicken can be a very tasty novelty on your Easter table. After all, Easter is just around the corner! A couple of weeks later most of us will think what kind of dainties prepare for Easter. And after all, roasted chicken usually is an inherent Easter menu meal! 🙂 Chicken marinated with Peruvian style spice mixture comes out very…
Cuban Ground Beef Stew (Picadillo Cubano) / Kubietiškas jautienos troškinys (Picadillo Cubano)
Very tasty, different and full of Latin American cuisine flavors dish. I tasted this stew for the first time at my mother-in-law home. For me it was unrealistically tasty. It’s a stew in which all the ingredients fit together just perfectly. What’s interesting is that the ingredients for this stew I always have at home,…
Trijų pienų tortas (Tres leches)/Three-milk cake (Tres leches)
Toliau tęsiu sau duotą pažadą iki Naujų metų vis mėginti seniai pasižadėtus išbandyti receptus. Kalėdoms jau paruoštas – Tres leches! Išvertus iš ispanų kalbos būtų trijų pienų pyragas/tortas. Lietuviškai vertinys skamba tikrai keistai, bet kitaip nepavadinsi. Vieną skaniausių tres leches paskutiniu metu ragavau greito maisto restorane “Pollo tropical“. Šis restoranų tinklas JAV labai populiarus, nes…
Refried beans / Pupelių užtepėlė
Simply a great dish on the breakfast table! It goes very well with toasted baguettes and vegetables, or just by itself. In other words, with anything you eat it, refried beans is an especially good food. Refried beans is a very traditional food in Latin American cuisine. When tasting refried beans for the first time…
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