My Dominican foods

Dominican Rice with Beans is a delicious dish! Moro rice is a combination of rice and beans (or legumes) cooked in the same pot as one dish. Moro de habichuelas is the most popular one in our country. This recipe is a generic one that can be made with red beans, pinto, or cranberry beans. It can also be modified by using either black beans, fava beans, butter beans, navy beans, or guandules. There's also a lesser-known version called Moro-Locrio which is made by adding meat to a moro dish.

Some Dominican dishes have nearly-universal appeal, and this is one of them. Majarete (corn on the cob pudding) is the kind of dessert that is always welcome, and while grandma's will always hold a special place in our heart, we now bring you one that's easier to make, and can be made with the corn on the cob you routinely find in supermarkets. Should I serve you some?

Faster, less messy to make, these crispy air fryer chicharrones are the perfect snack or meal for air fryer lovers. Pre-cutting the chicharrones allows them to be cooked through, with crispy skin, and still juicy meat. This way we can get our chicharrones fix without having to spend hours cleaning grease off our kitchens.

Dominican-style farina, or Cream of Wheat is known as 'Harina del Negrito' in the DR, this is a popular breakfast dish with kids and even adults. Learn how to make "harina del negrito" the ever popular Dominican farina breakfast dish, creamy, flavorful, and smooth.

Mantecaditos (butter cookies) are perfect to serve alongside the afternoon cafecito. These Dominican cookies are very easy to prepare, even for the novice baker. Mantecaditos are the classic Dominican butter cookies: simple, crispy, and buttery. Unlike the Danish Christmas butter cookies we all love, and subject of so many memes, these Dominican cookies are much more simple, cheaper, and easier to make, and very much a part of our traditional Dominican dessert repertoire.

No other recipe on our site is as popular or elicits as many questions as our Dominican cake. For those who have not tried it, it is hard to understand the fascination with this cake. What makes Dominican cake so special? Well, you won't know until you try it, but let me give you a spoiler: it may possibly be the best cake you'll ever try. Are you in?

'Cada cocinero tiene su librito' (every cook has his/her own little book) goes the Dominican saying. Each home has its own traditions, likes, and dislikes. It is impossible to offer you recipes that duplicate the flavors of each of your homes, and the flavors of each home are contained in the base for Dominican cooking: the sofrito / sazón.

The silky combination of milk and the refreshing orange taste is what dreams are made of. Morir Soñando is the perfect drink to refresh and nourish. It's a very easy recipe too, you could be enjoying this in no time!

A lovely, refreshing batido de mango to transport you to our tropical paradise. This passionfruit and mango smoothie is my family's new obsession. For us Dominicans, it would be a batida de mango y chinola (passionfruit, and mango milkshake), a combination of two of our favorite Dominican fruits. For our US-based readers, it will be a creamsicle drink of sorts. I hope you love it as much as we do!

"Dominican Desserts" is one of the most-searched-for terms on our blog. We don't really need to explain why they are so popular, but I will: A Dominican lunch meal is only properly ended with a "dulcito" -- an endearing term for desserts in the Dominican Republic, usually served with a "cafecito". And if you have your own favorite on that list, just go ahead and share in the comments!!!

One of the first things that most visitors to the Dominican Republic will learn about Dominican food is that La Bandera Dominicana. La Bandera Dominicana, or “The Dominican Flag”, is also what Dominicans call the national standard lunchtime dish of rice, beans and meat.

Batida de lechosa (papaya milkshake) is one of the most popular recipes on our blog, and one of the most popular drinks in the Dominican Republic. If you have ever tried this before, I am sure you need no convincing.

Dominican-Style Farina, or Cream of Wheat is known as 'Harina del Negrito' in the DR, and it is a popular breakfast dish with kids and even adults. Learn how to make it with our recipe with step-by-step photos and video.

Let's make these delicious, crunchy, flaky, deep-fried Yaniqueque wonders and pretend we're at a beautiful Dominican beach! Are you in?

Chuletas or pork chops are very popular in the Dominican Republic and can be incorporated into several dishes, but chuletas fritas are always a favorite and require few ingredients. See how easy this tasty dish is, and I show you how to make it 2 ways with real sazón criollo.