Puerto Rican Food    A  Rich Culinary Adventure!

Today, I will present to you some of the best Puerto Rican foods, including some delicious street foods, snacks, and top dishes you absolutely have to try if you’re traveling to Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico

Is one of the Caribbean islands with an excellent culinary offering for all lovers of good food. It’s hard to find a place where you can’t eat well on the island, so here are some of the most popular delicacies from Puerto Rico.

The Puerto Rican version of Italian lasagna, but with ripe plantains as the determining ingredient, as opposed to the sheets of pasta of the European dish, although the cheese is invariable.

Pastelón

It is a kind of coconut pudding, creamy, made with sugar, corn starch and coconut milk, similar to coconut rice, but its consistency is much softer.

Tembleque

One of the most popular fried foods in Puerto Rico. They can be made of yucca or unripe green plantain. They are filled with chopped meat, pepper, capers and tomatoes.

Alcapurrias

It is the North American version of mashed potatoes, but made with fried mashed green plantains, ajó (garlic) and chicharrones (pork rinds).

Mofongo

This snack, which is prepared with ham and beef, is often offered by the numerous food trucks that swarm the streets of the island, especially during the nighttime.

Tripleta

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