Puerto Rican Street Food

Puerto Rican Street Food
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List by: itisclaudio, created: 22 Oct 2019, updated: 22 Oct 2019 Public: Users can add dishes

Delicious food you can find on roadside kiosks and cuchifritos of Puerto Rico.

1. Alcapurria

Alcapurria is a Puertorican fritter, the masa is made of a mix of green bananas and yautia (taro root) and stuffed with meat and spices. There are also version where the masa is made with yucca (cassava root). They are sold in the roadside kiosks and cuchifritos of Puerto Rico.

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2. Bacalaitos

Bacalaítos (Puerto Rican)

Bacalaítos are salt codfish pancake like fritters from Puerto Rico

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3. Empanadillas

Pastelillos (Puerto Rican)

Empanadillas is a type of Empanada but in the smaller side and it is deep-friend instead of baked. It has a more crispy texture.

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4. Piragua

(Puerto Rican)

A Piragua is a Puerto Rican shaved ice dessert, shaped like a pyramid, consisting of shaved ice and covered with fruit flavored syrup. Piraguas are sold by vendors, known as piragüeros, in small colorful pushcarts. Besides Puerto Rico, Piraguas can be found in the United States mainland areas, such as New York and Central Florida, which have large Puerto Rican communities.

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