Street Food Recipes from Around the World, Page 4

The best food is often eaten standing up. These authentic street-food dishes, from hawker stalls, market carts, and roadside griddles across the globe, are yours to make at home.
162 recipes · showing 145 to 162
Empanadas ColombianasAntioquia, Colombia · medium · 3 h 15 minCrisp golden corn-dough turnovers stuffed with shredded beef and potato, fried until they shatter and dipped in a bright cilantro ají.
Yuca Frita con ChicharrónSan Salvador, El Salvador · medium · 1 h 5 minA Salvadoran street-food plate: boiled-then-fried cassava with crisp pork chicharrón, crowned with tangy curtido and fresh tomato chimol.
Nicaraguan QuesilloManagua, Nicaragua · easy · 20 minA Nicaraguan roadside favourite: a warm corn tortilla wrapped around soft stringy cheese, vinegary pickled onions, and a generous pour of cream.
Elote (Mexican Street Corn)Puebla, Mexico · easy · 25 minCharred corn on the cob on a stick, spread with mayonnaise, rolled in salty cotija cheese, dusted with chile piquín and finished with a squeeze of lime.
Empanadas de Viento (Ecuadorian Fried Cheese Empanadas)Pichincha (Andes), Ecuador · medium · 1 h 30 minPuffy fried half-moons of buttery dough filled with fresh cheese and chopped white onion, dusted with sugar while hot so every bite is salty and sweet.
Tequeños (Venezuelan Cheese Sticks)Caracas, Venezuela · medium · 1 h 25 minBatons of firm, salty white cheese wrapped in a spiral of buttery wheat dough and fried until crisp and golden, the snack no Venezuelan party is without.
Pholourie (Guyanese Split Pea Fritters)Demerara (Georgetown), Guyana · medium · 9 h 40 minAiry, golden fried balls of soaked yellow split peas blended with garlic and hot pepper, spiced with turmeric and cumin, dipped in sour mango or tamarind chutney.
Bakabana (Surinamese Plantain Fritters with Peanut Sauce)Paramaribo, Suriname · easy · 40 minLong slices of ripe plantain dipped in a light, crisp batter and fried golden, served with a warm Javanese-style peanut sauce spiked with garlic, chili, sweet soy and galangal.
Akra (Haitian Malanga Fritters)Ouest (Port-au-Prince), Haiti · easy · 1 h 10 minGrated malanga blended with garlic, scallion, green pepper, thyme, parsley and Scotch bonnet, fried in spoonfuls into craggy golden fritters and eaten hot with pikliz.
Shucos (Guatemalan Street Hot Dogs)Guatemala City, Guatemala · easy · 40 minA charcoal-toasted roll spread thickly with smooth guacamol, piled with grilled hot dogs and chorizo, soft boiled cabbage, and finished with mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup.
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.
Pepper Shrimp (Jamaican Spicy Shell-On Shrimp)Kingston (Surrey), Jamaica · easy · 50 minShell-on shrimp cooked fast in a fiery broth of Scotch bonnet, garlic, pimento, thyme and vinegar until bright red, eaten warm from a bag and peeled with the fingers.
Aloo Pie (Trinidadian Fried Potato Pie)Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago · medium · 1 h 40 minA soft yeasted dough folded round mashed potato seasoned with garlic, geera and hot pepper, then deep-fried until puffed and golden and eaten with chutney.
Catrachitas (Honduran Fried Tortillas with Beans and Cheese)San Pedro Sula, Honduras · easy · 25 minSmall corn tortillas fried until crisp, spread with warm refried red beans and showered with grated dry white cheese, sometimes with pickled onion or hot sauce.
Panades (Belizean Fish-Filled Corn Turnovers)Belize City, Belize · medium · 1 h 15 minLittle half-moons of achiote-tinted corn masa filled with a seasoned fish hash, fried crisp and eaten hot with a sharp, fiery curtido of onion, habanero and vinegar.
Anticuchos de Corazón (Peruvian Beef Heart Skewers)Lima, Peru · medium · 5 hCubes of beef heart marinated in ají panca, vinegar, garlic, cumin and oregano, threaded on skewers and seared over hot coals, served on the street with boiled potato, corn and ají sauce.
Garrapiñada (Argentine Candied Peanuts)Mendoza, Argentina · easy · 25 minPeanuts cooked in sugar syrup until the sugar turns to a white crust and then melts again into a crackly, vanilla-scented caramel shell, the warm paper cone of the city street cart.
Chipa (Paraguayan Cassava and Cheese Bread)Asunción, Paraguay · medium · 50 minSmall rings of cassava-starch dough rich with cheese, egg and lard and scented with anise, baked until golden and sold warm by street vendors all over Paraguay.
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