Adobo Puerto Rican Cafe (Irving)

Alcapurria is a fritter dish from Puerto Rico, a culinary dish that found its way to the other parts of the Caribbean and Latin America.

Amarillo is another name for ripe plantains. Selected plantains that are very yellow, almost orange in color with black spots - these are very ripe. A traditional favorite with either breakfast or dinner.

In this classic Puerto Rican recipe for rellenos de papa, a potato dough is stuffed with a savory picadillo and then fried to golden perfection.

Mofongo (Spanish pronunciation: [mofo-o]) is a fried plantain-based dish from Puerto Rico. It is typically made with fried green plantains mashed together in a pilón (which consists of a wooden mortar and pestle), with broth, garlic, olive oil, and pork cracklings (chicharrón) orbits of bacon. It can be filled with vegetables, chicken, crab, shrimp, or beef and is often served with fried meat and chicken broth soup. Mofongo relleno is mofongo served with braised meat or seafood poured over it.

Ostones (Spanish pronunciation: [tostones], from the Spanish verb tostar which means "to toast"), sliced green plantains are cut either length-wise or width-wise and are twice-fried. The slices of plantains are fried for one to two minutes on each side until they are golden in color, and removed and patted for excess cooking oil.

Bacalao is the Spanish term for dried salt cod. The dried fish is white, delicate, and tender once it's re-hydrated.

In Puerto Rico, hog maws are called cuajos. Cuajitos is a popular street vendor food found around the island and is most often served with boiled green banana escabeche (not plantains) and morcilla (blood sausage).

Churrasco y camarones con arroz,habichuelas y ensalada (skirt steak and shrimp with rice, beans and salad).

Fillets of salmon fried plantains and salad.

Roasted pork with yellow rice and salad.

Shrimp in garlic sauce with mashed fried green plantain.

Beef-tec with onions, rice, beans, and salad.

Stew chicken with rice, beans and salad.

Fried chicken with white rice, beans, and salad.

Sweet mash plantain stuffed with ground beef and salad.

Mashed fried green plantain with fried pork, salad / mashed fried green and yellow-plantain with fried pork, salad / mashed fried green, yellow-plantain, and yuca with fried pork, salad.

Pork chop with rice, beans and salad.

Conch salad with mashed green plantains.

Sweet mash plantain stuffed with ground beef and salad.

Shrimp in red sauce with mashed green plantains.

Tilapia boneless fillets with rice, beans and salad.

Octopus salad with mashed green plantains.

Skirt steak with rice, beans, and salad.

Stew beef with rice, beans, and salad.

Fried green plantain stuffed beef-tec with onions, and salad.

Chicken breast with rice, beans, and salad.

Pork chop with rice, beans, and salad.

Ground beef with rice, beans, and salad.

Fried pork, white rice, beans, and salad.

Bistec sandwich with green plantains and salad skirt steak sandwich with green plantains and salad.

Cod fish salad with root vegetables.