Ecuadorean Recipes

"I love hispanic food and plantains are one of my favorite things to eat. Here is a unique soup for all you adventurous chefs:) Please do not let your plantains turn yellow-black because they will turn sweet. Must use green plantains."

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Ingredients: cilantro, cumin...

"There many ways to make Aji in Ecuador, but one thing is certain, there is always aji on the table. This is a recipe I learned while I was there. Cayenne or similar small red peppers are decent substitutes for the South American Aji peppers from which this delicious (hot) condiment gets its name."

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Ingredients: hot red peppers, fresh coriander...

"These wonderful corncakes are served at Bolivar with a little creme fraiche and salt and pepper. Such a treat!"

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Ingredients: eggs, frozen corn...

"Last summer when I was in Ecuador it was always a treat to have this drink for breakfast. Breakfast carts on the street and roadside stands keep this hot on the stove and serve it up in tall glasses all morning. It tastes like rice pudding and is a filling alternative to cereal. You drink all the milk and then eat the morocho at the bottom of the glass..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cloves...

"This sweet, creamy drink is named after the long-winged seabirds that breed off the Pacific coast of South America. I found the recipe on the cruisecritic.com website. It uses a sugarcane-based liqueur called Cana Manabita that is produced in Ecuador. If you cannot find Cana Manabita, Brazilian Cachaca is a nice substitute. Or, as a third option,..."

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Ingredients: cream, blue curacao...

"This soup looks delicious. I found the recipe at www.laylita.com/recipes. Posted for ZWT 2008."

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Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"Plan ahead for your Easter feast! I read an article in The New Yorker magazine regarding a letter from Ecuador by Calvin Trillin about a Spanish soup that he adores called Fanesca, a thick and hearty soup heavy on the beans, which is only available during holy week. Well, the article didn't come with a recipe but I found several on-line, all more..."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, fresh ground pepper...

"The grated plantain in this coastal Ecuadoran soup gives the dish a wonderfully light and creamy body. Tiny and virtually flavorless, annatto seeds, also known as achiote seeds, are commonly used throughout Latin America to add a distinctive reddish yellow color to sautéed foods. They are available in Latin markets and the Latin section of some..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"There are a couple of good coconut flan recipes here, but none that are as easy or as fool-proof as this one, which I learned in Ecuador. Not only is it easy, but it minimizes use of utensils and so forth so there is very little cleaning up--and your flan mold will be licked clean."

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Ingredients: condensed milk, eggs, milk...

"This great twist on shrimp cocktail is delicious and refreshing appetizer for your latin themed meal, or makes a tasty snack right out of the fridge."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, shrimp...

"I rub it all over 3-4 pounds of chicken pieces, leave it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to marinate and then grill it. You could probably bake it, but I haven't tried that. You can substitute cumin for the oregano, but leave out the rosemary. You can add 2-3 serrano peppers, chopped finely, or the jarred yellow peppers from South America,..."

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Ingredients: dried oregano leaves, dried rosemary...