
Honduras
Sopa de Capirotadas
Corn-and-cheese fritters dropped into a tomato and coriander broth with vegetables, so they swell and go spongy.
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Honduras
Corn-and-cheese fritters dropped into a tomato and coriander broth with vegetables, so they swell and go spongy.

Northern Honduras, Honduras
Sopa marinera hondureña
Coconut-milk seafood soup with crab in the shell, shrimp, fish and plantain, eaten with the hands as much as with a spoon.

Honduras
Green plantain sliced lengthways and fried into long crisp strips, served under shredded chicken, cabbage and sauce as tajadas con pollo.

Northern Honduras, Honduras
A Honduran coastal seafood stew of fish, shrimp, and plantain simmered in coconut milk with spices.

Honduras
Olancho's covered stew of beef, salted meat, pork, chorizo, plantain, yuca and related roots, cooked in layers in a covered pot.

Honduras
A thick corn tortilla folded around soft stretching quesillo and pressed on the griddle until the cheese runs at the edges.

Northern Honduras, Honduras
Pescado frito estilo Yojoa
Whole tilapia from Lake Yojoa salted, scored and deep-fried stiff, served upright with fried plantain chips and pickled cabbage.

Guatemala
Boiled cassava topped with fried pork belly and a mound of vinegary pickled cabbage, served on a banana leaf.