South American Served Hot Recipes

"I learned how to make this from my Colombian mother-in-law. They are very simple to make, and taste great. They taste best when they are hot out of the skillet. We eat them a lot for breakfast, along with either fried eggs or scrambled eggs with tomatos and onion. They also make a great side dish."

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Ingredients: green plantains, salt...

"A wonderful steak recipe with pizzazz! Diana Henry, one of my favourite British chefs, jazzes up this steak recipe with the sensational South American flavours of peppery flat leaf parsley, garlic, lime and hot chillies! Chimichurri relish is better when eaten fresh, although it will be fine if stored in the fridge and used within a week."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, rib eye steaks...

"A favorite style of cooking fresh white fish of Isabel Allende. Can be used with any white fish."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, tilapia fillets...

"The chimichurri sauce is made of parsley and gets a kick from crushed red peppers. Posted for ZWT IV Argentina. Recipe is from Bon Appetit June 2005."

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Ingredients: fresh Italian parsley, dry crushed red pepper...

"Remember the movie Chocolat where Juliette Binoche adds chili to the drink? Well, this is one recipe for a spiced hot chocolate."

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Ingredients: nonfat milk, cinnamon sticks...

"Sweet, Savory, and Spicy. Not too spicy though. This is good stuff. No seafood involved, although I bet it would be good with shrimp. I think this could use some more meat, but I'm a bit of a carnivore."

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Ingredients: chives, cinnamon...

"Canelazo is a drink that will warm you up on a cold night high in the Ecuadorian mountains. It's made from brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves, orange and lime juice, and the fiery concoction known as aguardiente (or "fire water"). Aguardiente is a broad term for high alcohol content beverages distilled from different things. The kind they enjoy..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, dark brown sugar...

"I had coconut rice at The Rum Jungle in Las Vegas a few years ago and I've been trying to duplicate it ever since. I still haven't gotten it quite like theirs, but I've made it enough times to figure out what works best. Most recipes use coconut milk, but I felt like it made the rice too sticky and heavy, so I use coconut water. You can usually find..."

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Ingredients: coconut water, powdered ginger...

"An incredibly tasty, inexpensive, quick dish to make. My Honduran mother-in-law makes this when we visit. I can't get enough of it. You can add or subtract ingredients (more bacon, less onion) according to your taste. And, it freezes well. We like to eat it with rice and tortillas."

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Ingredients: Rotel Tomatoes, fresh cilantro...

"This is the way to light the end of a great meal. A flaming tropical dessert. Or over french toast or pancakes for breakfast.Try any tropical fruit you like."

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Ingredients: fresh nutmeg, dark rum...

"Here's an easy recipe for nice gumbo that you can play with. I rarely follow recipes as I think cooking should be an adventure and I enjoy the surprise of each preparation's variations. But I like the shopping list aspect of this site, so I thought I'd plug this one in for myself. I suggest you take this list to the market and then see what's fresh..."

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Ingredients: pepper, cooked ham, shrimp...