Ecuador - Seco de pollo & rice

Seco de Pollo – Ecuador

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Ecuadorian Chicken – Seco de pollo https://www.laylita.com/recipes/seco-de-pollo-ecuatoriano/. This was a very tasty dish. We had lots of chicken in the house so I was trying to find something to make to go with it, then stumbled onto Seco de Pollo which seems to be an ecuadorian staple, like meatloaf in the states…but tastier. It is made […]

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Belizian Coconut Rice & Beans – Belize

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Last night was Belize! We made rice and beans with coconut milk. It was ok – glad to have tasted it, but it will probably not be on my list of things to remake. The Bengali rice was definitely superior. Recipe source: Belizian Coconut Rice and Beans

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Picante de Pollo – Bolivia

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My mouth is still on fire from the Bolivian Picante de Pollo. It calls for 1/4 cup of Cayenne pepper….I made a half recipe so I used half…but theoretically the full recipe would have been even hotter. Luckily we had some of the Belizian rice left from last night to temper the heat from this […]

Brazil - Moqueca Bajana (fish stew)

Moqueca Bajana (Fish stew) Brigadeiro (Brazilian fudge balls) Brazil

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So tonight was Brazil!!!! Shout out to my dear friend Luiza Kosminsky Scourred a bunch of Brazillian sites trying to figure out what sumptuous brazillian dish I could make that my non-red meat eating husband would eat and stumbled upon Moqueca Bajana, a fish stew. We all LOVED it. In fact, Scott, who is not […]

Colombia Chicken and Potato Stew

Sudado De Pollo (Chicken and Potato Stew) – Colombia

Posted 2 CommentsPosted in By Country, Chicken, Colombia, Easy to make, Gluten Free, Healthy, Latin food, Main dishes, meat, One pot, Potatoes, Recipes, Rice, South American food

Our Colombian adventure was not only fabulous (all of us enjoyed it) but it was so good that it made it to our top 10! We had not planned to do Colombia until a bit later, but I had some defrosted chicken in the fridge so I looked up Colombian chicken recipes and stumbled upon […]