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🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Fritos Maduros

Dominican fried ripe plantains, sweet and caramelized, served as a side with rice and beans. A sweet contrast to savory dishes, eaten nationwide.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Mangú

Mangú con Los Tres Golpes

The Dominican national breakfast: boiled green plantains mashed with oil, butter, or cooking water until smooth and creamy. Topped with pickled red onions and served with los tres golpes.

🇵🇷Puerto Rico

Mofongo

Mofongo is fried plantain or yuca pounded with garlic and crackling, a shared Puerto Rican–Dominican dish with contested origin claims.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Palmito Guisado

A Dominican stewed heart-of-palm dish, sautéed with tomato, onion, and garlic.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pana (Breadfruit)

Pana

Dominican breadfruit (pana), a tropical fruit used green as a starchy vegetable, boiled or fried like tostones. A coastal staple, starchy and mild.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pastel de Plátano Maduro

A Dominican dish of mashed ripe plantains layered with ground beef and cheese, baked until golden. Similar to pastelón, a sweet-savory casserole, hearty and rich.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pastelón de Plátano Maduro

The Dominican casserole of layered sweet ripe plantains, ground beef in sofrito, and cheese, baked until golden. A sweet-savory pie, the pastelón.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Plátanos al Caldero

A Dominican dish of ripe plantains caramelized with sugar, cinnamon, and cloves in a caldero until sticky and golden. A sweet-savory side, especially in the Cibao.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Sweet Potato

Batata

Sweet potato, used in dulce de batata and as a side dish, a traditional Paraguayan vegetable, versatile and sweet.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Yautía

Dominican taro root (yautía), a starchy tuber used in sancocho, mangú, and boiled as a side. A staple of the Dominican highlands and coast, earthy and starchy.

🇨🇴Colombia

Yuca (Cassava)

Yuca

A Panamanian cassava root, boiled, fried, or in soups; the base of carimañolas and countless coastal sides in Colombia.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Yuca con Wasakaka

A Dominican dish of boiled yuca topped with wasakaka (chicken-sour orange-garlic sauce). A Cibao specialty, hearty and aromatic, served as a side or light meal.

🇨🇴Colombia

Ñame (Yam)

Ñame

A Panamanian Caribbean yam, boiled or added to soups; a staple side with fried fish on the Colombian coast too.