
A Guide to Puerto Rico Food Culture
Puerto Rico has an exciting food culture where traditional cuisine Cocina Criolla offers everything from street food to savory casseroles to vegetarian - and of course, national beverage rum. In Puerto Rico, there is a wide range of restaurants and bars - everything from traditional Puerto Rican dishes to a more modern Western-influenced cuisine.
Puerto Rico's food culture is based on the indigenous people of Taino's varied dishes and over the years influenced by both Spanish, African, and American cuisine. It is from this flavor mix that the Puerto Rican cuisine Cocina Criolla has grown. Cocina Criolla consists mostly of rice, beans, chicken, meat, and vegetables which are often used as a base. In cooking, Puerto Ricans usually use the spice Sofrito as mainly red and green cubanelle pe...