Costa Rican Recipes

Ingredients

• s cooked white or brown rice (white is the traditional choice)
• 1 ½ cups cooked black or red beans (black is the traditional choice)
• One chopped red bell pepper
• Two tablespoons minced onion
• One tablespoon minced garlic
• Five tablespoons of Lizano or Worcestershire sauce
• Two teaspoons vegetable oil or olive oil
• Cilantro for seasoning
• 1 cup long grain rice (uncooked)
• 6 cups 2% or whole milk
• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup water
• One teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Two sticks cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of cloves
• ½ teaspoon fresh nutmeg
• 1 cup raisins (optional)
• One can of drained hearts of palm
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise (or substitute plain yogurt)
• One tablespoon mustard
• Then 1 tablespoon sugar
• One teaspoon salt
• Large lettuce leaves or Spring greens mix
• Vinaigrette
• Pepper to taste
• Two large peeled green plantains – cut into ½ inch rounds
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• Salt