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Red Rice and Beans

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Have you ever dreamed of eating Red Rice and Beans?, well when you are particularly craving a specific rice there is possibility of  dreaming about it. I am going to share with you my mothers recipe for Red Rice and Goya beans. Enjoy the ride and bring along your taste buds. 1⁄2 cup chopped lean ham 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 (19 ounce) can red Goya beans, rinsed 1 (8 ounce) canunsalted tomato sauce 2 cups uncooked white rice 1⁄2 teaspoon salt The directions for this mouth watering Delicious meal call as follows: Over medium heat, heat oil in a large saucepan. Add ham, and garlic Add beans,olives and tomato sauce Simmer for 5 minutes. Add in remaining ingredients and 4 cups water. Bring to boil, when water levels start to go down it is best that you turn your rice(mix), and reduce heat for a better quality of rice. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender. It doesn't seem that very much exciting and mouthwatering, but you just ha

Coquito (Spanish Eggnog)

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Today i am going to teach you all how to make Coquito (Spanish Eggnog) perfect for the holiday season. First lets get all of our Ingredients which call for: 2 egg yolks (beaten) 1/2 cup of water 1 (12 Ounce) can of evaporated milk  1( 14 ounce) can of cream of coconut 1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 1(14 ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract  And most importantly: 1/2 cup of white rum Sounds like a great time already doesn't it? 10 minute Prep time, 15 minute cook time, and ready in 25 minutes. Directions:   In the top of a double boiler, combine egg yolks and evaporated milk. Stirring constantly, cook over lightly simmering water until mixture reaches a temperature of 160 degrees F (71 degrees C). The mixture should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Transfer mixture to a blender, and add cream of coconut, sweetened condensed milk, rum, water, cloves,

Pastelillos

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Pastelillos are the Hispanic turnovers. There are many things you can fill them with, from chicken, beef,steak, and even dessert fillings. So yummy. You can make the disc's home made or buy them pre-made from any Spanish supermarket. The recipe for pre made calls for any type of meat of your choice, flour, disc's themselves, sofrito, salsa de tomate and you could even throw in some olives,tomatoes,potatoes or even platano's in that would be great too, and oh so savory and mouth watering. https://www.google.com/search?q=picture+of+pastelillos&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=SktDUA_aViVR5M%253A%252C0XYRffL9PzEMxM%252C_&usg=__kf3t2y7urCBq9FcOL9B7nmzLFcI%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOitfly5DaAhVDgK0KHe_NAFUQ9QEIQzAM#imgrc=fE3JiHpuds24ZM: Pre-seasoning the meat with various Adobo flavoring you cook the meat before you continue with the next. You basically just prepare the meat as if you are preparing meat for tacos, cooking in a skillet to brown and a

Pastelon ( The Puerto Rican Lasagna)

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I am going to take you to Puerto Rico, for one of the many delicious dishes of my culture. Today we are going to be making Pastelon, the Puerto Rican lasagna. Our Ingredients call for twelve items: Six Whole Ripe Maduro (Plantains) 1/3 cup of vegetable oil and 2 teaspoons 2 lbs ground meat 1 teaspoon dry oregano salt and pepper 2 table spoons of sofrito 2 table spoons of tomato paste 1 seasoning package of Goya 4 slightly beaten eggs 1 cup of mozzarella cheese 2 cups of green beans Before we put it all together we must fry our Plantains Mixing together the ingredients listed above we add the green beans in with the mean and seasoning and mix into a bowel until satisfied with the outcome. Then we will start to assemble just like american lasagna, layer by layer Laying down the first layer of platano we add the meat then cheese and cover with more plantains, Repeat the process until you are done. Your finishing outcome should look a little like this:                

The Perfect Flan

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                           Directions for the best tasting flan you will ever encounter.  First we have to prepare the actual Flan mixture. Ingredients call for 6 eggs, and whole can of  Nestle Carnation Milk, one whole can of Eagle Brand Sweet-end Condensed Milk. One teaspoon of Vanilla extract. Four ounces of Philadelphia cream cheese. Mix all together. Next step,Caramel process. 2 cups of sugar stir on the stove in a non stick skillet until it starts to caramelize, when that process is finished pour into a small steel non stick flan mold pan. Immediately after pouring the caramel into the steel molding pan, you will pour the egg mixture into the molding pan. After both caramel and egg mixture are in the pan, place the molding pan into a glass Pyrex, 15 x 10 that is filled halfway with warm water. Oven should be set to 350 degree's and cooked for two hours, and checked every twenty five minutes. When flan is completely done cover, and chill in refrigerator for four hours unti