South American Recipes

"This basic recipe was printed in Saveur magazine. It works well for any brown rice - short, medium or long-grain brown rice. Disregard the directions on your package. Most likely it will come out mushy. In this recipe, the boiling (uncovered) cooks it thoroughly, and the steaming at the end make it light and fluffy."

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Ingredients: kosher salt, water, brown rice...

"Recipe by Tyler Florence"

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Ingredients: cilantro leaves, fresh ground black pepper...

"If you like shredded beef burritos this is so easy to make, plus you don't have to watch it cook."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, dry oregano...

"What a find! For dietary reasons, using purchased bouillon cubes are not an option for me. This is from Angela Papaiz who contributed to the Brazilian Children's Fund Cookbook. Prep time depends on how fast you chop. LOL I will over estimate on my timing."

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Ingredients: onions, salt, ground beef...

"Peruvian food is a little strange for me. The first dish I had was with raw fish.I cringed at hearing the words "raw fish". Surprisingly, it was delicious. Last nite, a Peruvian friend came over and cooked something that completely blew my tastebuds and I craved for even more. She cooked Arroz con Pollo a la Peru."

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Ingredients: lager beer, fresh cilantro...

"courtesy of wanderingchopsticks.blogspot.com"

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Ingredients: cilantro, fresh lemon juice...

"Hallacas [ay-YAH-kahs] are served as both an appetizer and main dish. Hallacas, more than any other food, symbolize Christmas for Venezuelans. Delicious meaty morsals are surrounded by a tender dough, then steamed to perfection in colorful banana leaves. If you are fortunate to have access to these large, beautiful banana leaves, plan on using..."

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Ingredients: top round beef, dark brown sugar...

"This dough is great for making pizza pockets, hot sandwich pockets, fruit pies ("fritter") and whatever you can imagine. It doesn't take long to make if you have those little dough presses that make the crimped edges. This came from my efforts to make fritters for my husband like his mom used to make. Success!! :)The cook time will be different..."

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Ingredients: milk, salt, shortening...

"I based this quick and easy stir-fry recipe on a recommendation from Trader Joe's. Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is a South American grain, lower in carbohydrates and higher in protein and fat than white rice."

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Ingredients: fresh basil, garlic...

"I found this in the food section of the newspaper last week, and it sounded intriguing. Posting it here so I don't have to worry about losing it."

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Ingredients: shrimp, eggs, evaporated milk...

"Beef heart marinated, skewered, and seared over the grill. This is a very tipical and popular Peruvian dish. People line up at the good "anticucherias" (anticucho restaurants) every evening! It takes some work but it is so worth it! I taught myself to make them because I missed them so much! A very special addition to any barbecue party!..."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, corn on the cob...