Dairy-Free Panamanian Recipes
Every dish here is Panamanian cooking that is naturally dairy-free, no swaps required, each tied to a real region and its culinary story. Prefer to wander wider? Toggle dairy-free on any recipe on the site and the ingredients rewrite themselves with regional swaps.
7 recipes
Sancocho de GallinaPanama City, Panama · easy · 1 h 35 minA restorative hen soup with yam, yuca, and a mountain of culantro, Panama’s cure for everything from hangovers to heartbreak.
Sancocho de Gallina Ceviche PanameñoPanama City, Panama · easy · 25 minDiced corvina cured in lime with onion, celery, and habanero, the fish-market lunch sold in cups across Panama City.
Sopa BorrachaPanama City, Panama · medium · 6 h 55 minSponge cake drenched in a spiced rum-and-prune syrup, Panama's boozy celebration dessert, despite the 'soup' in its name.
Ropa Vieja PanameñaPanama City, Panama · medium · 2 h 55 minPanama's shredded beef: flank steak simmered tender then stewed in a sofrito of tomato, peppers, and onion with olives, capers, and culantro, served over rice.
Arroz con Pollo PanameñoPanama City, Panama · easy · 1 h 10 minPanama's one-pot chicken and rice, tinted with achiote and studded with peas, carrots, and green olives; the family dish that feeds a crowd.
Carimañolas (Panamanian Beef-Stuffed Yuca Fritters)Panama City, Panama · medium · 1 h 30 minTorpedoes of soft mashed yuca dough wrapped round a savory filling of ground beef cooked with onion, garlic, sweet pepper and tomato, deep-fried until crisp and golden.
Arroz con Guandú y Coco (Panamanian Rice with Pigeon Peas and Coconut)Panama City, Panama · easy · 45 minLong-grain rice cooked in coconut milk with green pigeon peas, onion, garlic and culantro until fluffy, gently sweet and rich, the festive rice of the Panamanian table.
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