Dairy-Free Puerto Rican Recipes
Every dish here is Puerto Rican 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
MofongoSan Juan, Puerto Rico · medium · 45 minFried green plantains mashed with garlic and crackling pork, mounded and filled with garlicky shrimp or stew.
Mofongo Arroz con GandulesSan Juan, Puerto Rico · medium · 1 hRice cooked with pigeon peas, sofrito, and pork in one pot, forming a prized crust, Puerto Rico's national dish.
TemblequeSan Juan, Puerto Rico · easy · 3 h 25 minA wobbling coconut pudding set with cornstarch and dusted with cinnamon, a light Puerto Rican holiday classic.
PernilSan Juan, Puerto Rico · medium · 14 h 30 minPuerto Rico's holiday centrepiece: a bone-in pork shoulder seasoned to the core with garlic, oregano, and adobo, slow-roasted until tender with crackling cuerito.
Pollo GuisadoSan Juan, Puerto Rico · easy · 1 h 10 minPuerto Rican braised chicken stew: bone-in chicken simmered in a sofrito and tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, and green olives, served over white rice.
Alcapurrias (Puerto Rican Stuffed Fritters)San Juan, Puerto Rico · advanced · 4 h 40 minA golden, achiote-tinted masa of grated green banana and yautía wrapped round a savory beef picadillo with olives and deep-fried until crisp outside and soft within.
Guineítos en Escabeche (Puerto Rican Pickled Green Bananas)San Juan, Puerto Rico · easy · 4 h 45 minBoiled green bananas steeped in a warm olive-oil and vinegar escabeche with soft onions, garlic, bay, peppercorns and green olives, served cool beside roast pork or fried fish.
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