Central American recipes
8 Central American recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
40 min
Central American · dinner
Salvadoran potato and chorizo stew
A homey stew of smoky chorizo, potatoes, tomatoes, onion and thyme. Serve with tortillas or rice.
40 min
Central American · dinner
Chicken pepián with toasted seeds
Chicken simmered in a thick Guatemalan sauce made from toasted pumpkin and sesame seeds, charred tomato and onion, and guajillo chile. Earthy, mildly spicy and deeply savory.
45 min
Central American · dinner
Potato and smoked chorizo stew
A Salvadoran-style stew of potatoes, tomatoes and smoky chorizo with thyme.
60 min
Central American · dinner
Hudut (Garifuna fish in coconut broth)
Fried fish simmered in a coconut-herb broth, served with mashed green and ripe plantains.
Lunch & snacks
15 min
Central American · lunch
Salvadoran curtido
Lightly fermented cabbage slaw with carrot, onion, oregano and vinegar—the essential pupusa partner.
75 min
Central American · lunch
Cheese and mushroom pupusas with curtido
Thick Salvadoran masa cakes stuffed with stretchy Oaxaca and Jack cheese and roasted mushrooms, griddled and served with tangy cabbage slaw.
Breakfast
20 min
Central American · breakfast
Gallo pinto
Costa Rica's breakfast of day-old rice and black beans fried with onion, pepper, cilantro and Costa Rican vegetable sauce.
60 min
Central American · breakfast
Honduran baleadas
Thick soft flour tortillas folded over refried red beans, crumbly cheese and crema, plus eggs and avocado.
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