Costa Rican Typical Food
By Karen
In Costa Rica we have a lot food that visitors and native can enjoy. There are natural condiments that are used in all kind of food like cauliflower,onion,chile, and some vegetables that are traditionally from the area such as Camote, Chayote, yucca and guineo. Our food is not only delicious but easy to make. In a different parTs of the country people usually eat the same kind of food, but each province has their own typical food like in Limon or Guanacaste.
Some kinds of food are:
For lunch:
-Casado: ” (married) named like that because it is what Costa Rica wives packed for lunch for their husbands when they were the only ones that worked in the family in the early years. “Casado” is a combo of rice and beans supplemented with cabbage-and-tomato salad, fried plantains, and the meat of the day: chicken, fish or beef, sometimes it may even include a fried egg or fried yucca on the side.
-Olla de Carne: A beef soup full of potatoes, chayote, pumpkins and cauliflower.
-Arroz con pollo: ), ensalada rusa (beetroot slices in mayonnaise) and ground beans with potato chips.
The traditional drinks for lunch are called refrescos or frescos for short, and consist of liquefied fruits diluted in either water or milk and sweetened to taste. They come in many varieties such as melon, blackberry, strawberry, watermelon, mango, tamarind, passion fruit, guanabana and cas.
For breakfast:
-Casado: ” (married) named like that because it is what Costa Rica wives packed for lunch for their husbands when they were the only ones that worked in the family in the early years. “Casado” is a combo of rice and beans supplemented with cabbage-and-tomato salad, fried plantains, and the meat of the day: chicken, fish or beef, sometimes it may even include a fried egg or fried yucca on the side.
-Olla de Carne: A beef soup full of potatoes, chayote, pumpkins and cauliflower.
-Arroz con pollo: ), ensalada rusa (beetroot slices in mayonnaise) and ground beans with potato chips.
The traditional drinks for lunch are called refrescos or frescos for short, and consist of liquefied fruits diluted in either water or milk and sweetened to taste. They come in many varieties such as melon, blackberry, strawberry, watermelon, mango, tamarind, passion fruit, guanabana and cas.
For breakfast:
- Gallo pinto: pinto' which is rice and beans mixed together with Lizano sauce and cooked in a frying pan. Normally is served with scramble egg and onion, this known as “ pinto con huevo “.
-Chorreadas: (corn pancakes) home bread dipped in sour cream.
-TORTILLAS CASERAS (HOME – MADE TORTILLAS).
In Costa Rica it is also normal to have fruit salad or just cereal, usually cornflakes with banana slices for breakfast.
The traditional breakfast drink, besides coffee, is called agua dulce ("sweet water") and is made from tapa de dulce.
For Desserts:
-Arroz con Leche: This is a dessert made of rice cooked with milk, sugar, cinnamon, condensed milk and raisins.
-MIEL DE AYOTE (honey made with 'ayote'):Dried and grated ayote cooked with 'dulce de tapa'.
-Miel de Coco(honey made with coconut):Grated coconut cooked with 'dulce de tapa'.
-Biscocho
These are bread rolls baked with corn, cheese, sour cream and salt.
Tamal Asado
This is a tamal made with corn, cheese, sugar and sour cream. It is pan-cooked first and then baked.
In certain season of the year are food that also enjoined like
These are bread rolls baked with corn, cheese, sour cream and salt.
Tamal Asado
This is a tamal made with corn, cheese, sugar and sour cream. It is pan-cooked first and then baked.
In certain season of the year are food that also enjoined like
For Christmas:
The tamales:
These are made of a corn flour dough and stuffed with rice, carrot, fine beans and beef, pork or chicken, wrapped in banana leaves. The flavor is absolutely delicious.
Something really important is that making and cooking tamales is generally an activity which involves the participation of all family members. They are eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner and they are absolutely fundamental for coffee break time.
These are made of a corn flour dough and stuffed with rice, carrot, fine beans and beef, pork or chicken, wrapped in banana leaves. The flavor is absolutely delicious.
Something really important is that making and cooking tamales is generally an activity which involves the participation of all family members. They are eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner and they are absolutely fundamental for coffee break time.
For Holy week: In this season( week) people cannot eat red meat. They prepare many dishes with fish like fish soup, dry fish soup, rice with fish, codfish soup and others.
Costa Rica has really delicious dishes, the main characteristic is that almost all are cooked with natural species that provided a typical taste from all country.