Use this recipe index to search for recipes by category, by ingredient, by course, by region, by season, for special occasions, and by specific themes (comfort food, basics, street food, and more). Further below you will also find a full A-Z list of all the recipes in alphabetical order.
If you’re looking for a recipe and can’t find it here, please leave a comment with the recipe name and I’ll add it to my list of pending dishes to post.
SEARCH BY CATEGORY
LATIN AMERICAN RECIPES
CEVICHE RECIPES
EMPANADA RECIPES
Apple empanadas {with cinnamon empanada dough}
Easy recipe for homemade apple empanadas with a spiced cinnamon dough. These sweet empanadas are baked and topped with cinnamon sugar.
Bacon jalapeño cream cheese empanadas
Recipe for bacon jalapeño cream cheese empanadas, aka jalapeño popper empanadas or hand pies. These mouthwatering empanadas can be baked or fried. Served with a creamy avocado cilantro salsa.
Beef empanadas
Easy and delicious recipe for homemade beef empanadas, made with a meat picadillo filling of ground beef, onions, garlic, oregano, cumin, and achiote (annatto).
Tuna fish empanadas {Empanadas de atún}
Easy to make recipe for homemade tuna fish empanadas made with a filling of tuna fish, onions, bell peppers, olives, capers, paprika, and oregano.
[get_sidebar id=’front-page-sidebar’]
Complete recipe list in alphabetical order:
Posts
- 10 Great Summer Salad Recipes
- Achiote and beer marinated grilled steak {Bistec asado}
- Achiote molido – Ground annatto seed
- Ají criollo – Ecuadorian hot sauce
- Alfajores – Dulce de leche sandwich cookies
- Anna’s eggplant appetizer
- Apple cider roasted pork loin
- Apple empanadas {with cinnamon empanada dough}
- Arroz con camarones: Shrimp rice
- Arroz con huevo or rice with egg {Ultimate Latin Lazy lunch}
- Arroz con leche {Latin style rice pudding}
- Arroz con pollo or chicken rice
- Arvejas con guineo: Ecuadorian split pea and green banana soup
- Asparagus and goat cheese tart
- Asparagus empanadas with fava beans, peas and goat cheese
- Asparagus risotto
- Avocado and cilantro mayonnaise sauce
- Avocado and salmon tartare with mango habanero sauce
- Avocado crostini: garlic toast with avocado bruschetta
- Avocado pasta salad with tomatoes and feta cheese or queso fresco
- Avocado sauce
- Avocado sorbet
- Avocados stuffed with tuna salad
- Bacon and cheese stuffed ripe plantains {Canoas de plátano con tocino y queso}
- Bacon jalapeño cream cheese empanadas
- Baked cheese empanadas or empanadas de queso al horno
- Baked ripe plantains with cheese {Plátanos asados con queso}
- Baked Spanish tortilla with ham
- Balsamic chimichurri sauce
- Balsamic vinegar reduction
- Basic savory tart dough
- Basil oil sauce
- Beef empanadas
- Beef stew in tamarind sauce {Seco de carne con tamarindo}
- Bernard’s beef daube or French beef stew with red wine
- Berries broiled with cream {Cheater berry crème brulee}
- Blood orange pisco sour
- Bloody Maria or Bloody Mary Shrimp Ceviche
- Bolon de verde: Ecuadorian mashed green plantain dumpling balls with cheese
- Brazilian manioc or cassava balls stuffed with cheese {Bolinho de Macaxeira}
- Brazilian tapioca crepes
- Brussels sprouts with chorizo and cilantro
- Bubbly blood orange campari cocktail
- Bûche de Noël or Christmas Yule Log
- Caesar salad with smoked salmon and avocado
- Caldo de bolas de verde or green plantain dumpling soup
- Caldo de pata – Ecuadorian cow feet soup
- California strawberry farm and culinary event
- Candied pumpkin tart
- Canelazo and naranjillazo spiced drinks
- Caprese empanadas with tomato, mozzarella, and basil
- Caprese stuffed avocado
- Caramelized plantains
- Carne asada or grilled thin steaks
- Cauliflower salad with spicy shallot vinaigrette {Ensalada de coliflor al aji}
- Cebollas encurtidas or pickled onions
- Celeriac or celery root soup {Sopa de apio nabo}
- Champagne and strawberry ice cubes
- Chaulafan de pollo {Ecuadorian chicken fried rice}
- Cheese and poblano empanadas
- Cherry limeade {from scratch}
- Chicken or turkey empanadas
- Chicken or turkey salad stuffed avocado
- Chicken or turkey tortilla soup
- Chicken salad with balsamic cilantro dressing
- Chifles: fried green plantain chips
- Chimichurri butter {Herb garlic butter}
- Chimichurri roasted chicken
- Chochos (lupini beans) and green bean salad
- Chocolate dulce de leche empanadas
- Chocolate tres leches cake with dulce de leche frosting
- Choripan or chorizo hot dog with chimichurri sauce
- Choriqueso empanadas
- Chorizo and ripe plantain hash {Picadillo de chorizo y plátanos maduros}
- Chunky avocado salsa or side salad
- Cilantro chimichurri
- Cilantro jalapeño yogurt sauce or dip
- Cilantro lime rice {Arroz con cilantro}
- Cilantro mayonnaise or aioli {Mayonesa de cilantro}
- Citrus habanero salsa
- Citrus marinated grilled fish
- Citrus moscato sangria
- Citrus pomegranate mojito with arak
- Classic caipirinha cocktail
- Classic passion fruit mousse {Mousse de maracuya}
- Coconut flan with orange caramel {Flan de coco}
- Coconut ice cream
- Colada de avena con naranjilla or Ecuadorian oatmeal drink
- Colada Morada {Ecuadorian spiced berry and purple corn drink}
- Cold cucumber soup {Cucumber Gazpacho}
- Cooking creatively with quinoa, rediscovering the mother grain from the Andes
- Corn pasta salad with tomato and avocado
- Corn, broccoli and potato salad {Ensalada de choclo con papas y brócoli}
- Crab avocado stack salad
- Crab deviled eggs
- Crab salad stuffed avocados
- Cranberry pisco sour
- Creamy avocado salad dressing {with lime and cilantro}
- Creamy cauliflower potato soup {Ecuadorian locro de coliflor}
- Creamy chipotle sauce
- Crema catalana – Spanish burnt cream custard
- Cuban Beef Picadillo {Picadillo Alvarez}
- Cucumber salad with lime and cilantro
- Culinary Tour in the Middle of the World: Quito, Ecuador
- Culinary tour of Loja
- Culinary Tour of Quito – Part 2
- Dark chocolate panna cotta
- Día de los Difuntos or Day the Deceased in Ecuador
- Duck with raspberry sauce
- Dulce de higos or fig preserves in syrup
- Dulce de zapallo: caramelized pumpkin or squash in spiced syrup
- Easy and delicious quinoa recipes
- Easy colada morada recipe {Ecuadorian spiced berry oatmeal drink}
- Easy French apple cake
- Easy passion fruit mousse
- Easy passion fruit pie {with cookie crumb crust}
- Easy strawberry cake
- Ecuadorian agrio sauce
- Ecuadorian bean stew – Menestra de porotos
- Ecuadorian carne colorada {Achiote marinated meat}
- Ecuadorian chicken rice soup {Aguado de gallina}
- Ecuadorian churrasco {Steak with fried egg}
- Ecuadorian Easter Recipes
- Ecuadorian fish ceviche {Ceviche de pescado ecuatoriano}
- Ecuadorian fish soup {Biche or viche de pescado}
- Ecuadorian goat stew {Seco de chivo}
- Ecuadorian hornado or slow roasted pork – easy version
- Ecuadorian lamb stew {Seco de borrego}
- Ecuadorian lentil stew {Menestra de lentejas}
- Ecuadorian pescado encocado or fish with coconut sauce
- Ecuadorian Pristiños or Christmas fritters
- Ecuadorian shrimp ceviche {Ceviche de camarón}
- Ecuadorian tropical fruit salad {Come y Bebe}
- Egg salad stuffed avocado
- Eggplant and baby arugula salad
- Empanadas de puerros or leek empanadas
- Empanadas mendocinas {Argentinian empanadas}
- Encebollado de pescado – Ecuadorian fish soup with lime pickled onions
- Espumillas or guava meringue cream
- Fanesca ecuatoriana: Ecuadorian Easter soup
- Fava bean soup {Ecuadorian Locro de habas}
- Fingerling potatoes with parsley
- French molten chocolate cake {Moelleux au chocolat}
- French salmon tartare
- French style potatoes sautéed in butter
- Fresh corn humitas in ramekins
- Fried cheese empanadas // Ecuadorian empanadas de viento
- Fried plantains with cheese
- Fried ripe plantains – Platanos maduros fritos
- Frisée, apple, bacon and goat cheese salad
- Fritada de chancho {Ecuadorian braised pork dish}
- Garbanzo or chickpea salad with avocado and tuna fish
- Garbanzos or chickpeas with chorizo and chimichurri
- Garden salad with lime cilantro dressing {Ensalada mixta}
- Gazpacho {Chilled tomato soup}
- Gingerbread pear empanadas
- Goat cheese potato gratin
- Grandma’s chicken spaghetti {Tallarines con pollo}
- Grape pisco sour {and New Year’s traditions in Latin America}
- Green banana soup – Repe Lojano
- Green bean tomato salad with cilantro lime mustard dressing
- Green plantain empanadas with cheese filling {Empanadas de verde}
- Green plantain patties stuffed with cheese {Tortillas de verde}
- Grilled asparagus with parsley sauce
- Grilled chicken a la plancha with avocado salsa {Pollo a la plancha}
- Grilled corn with cilantro queso fresco sauce
- Grilled fish with seafood sauce
- Grilled passion fruit shrimp skewers
- Grilled pork salad with beets, potato and avocado
- Grilled salmon and avocado salad
- Grilled salmon with avocado salsa
- Grilled salmon with corn salsa
- Grilled tuna skewers with salsa verde {Pinchos de atún con salsa verde}
- Grilled wild sturgeon with lime cilantro sauce
- Guaguas de pan {Ecuadorian bread babies or figures}
- Guatita: Ecuadorian tripe stew
- Hard apple cider sangria
- Hearts of palm ceviche {Ceviche de palmito}
- Herbed goat cheese with garlic {Queso de cabra con hierbas aromaticas}
- Homemade aioli
- Homemade cream of asparagus soup
- Homemade dulce de leche ice cream
- Homemade guacamole recipe
- Homemade mayonnaise
- Homemade pineapple juice {Jugo de piña}
- Homemade strawberry popsicles
- Hominy sautéed in roasted pork gravy {Mote refrito en salsa de hornado}
- Honey crème fraîche sauce
- Honey mousse with pomegranate
- Honey roasted walnuts
- Honeydew melon bellini
- Horchata lojana: Ecuadorian herbal tea drink
- Hot spiced blood orange cocktail
- How to cook dried hominy corn or mote – from scratch
- How to cook quinoa or quinua
- How to cook rice Ecuadorian/Latin style
- How to make aioli in the blender or food processor {Easy version}
- How to make empanada dough for baking
- How to make empanada dough for frying
- How to make French crepes
- How to make panna cotta
- How to make sweet empanada dough
- How to make sweet tart dough
- How to open oysters
- Humitas or steamed fresh corn cakes
- Jalapeño cilantro salsa
- Kir Royal
- Kiwi Blueberry Mojito
- Kiwi mojitos
- Langostino and Andouille sausage empanadas
- Langostino ceviche
- Latin chopped salad with hearts of palm, jicama, and avocado
- Latin style rice with chicken or turkey {Arroz con pollo o pavo}
- Latin style roasted turkey {Pavo a lo criollo} for Christmas or Thanksgiving
- Layered gelatin flag popsicles {Helados tricolor}
- Leek and potato soup
- Lemon and thyme roasted turkey
- Lime cilantro butter sauce
- Llapingachos de mote or stuffed hominy corn patties
- Llapingachos: Ecuadorian stuffed potato patties
- Locro de papa {Ecuadorian potato and cheese soup}
- Maiz tostado or South American cancha corn nuts
- Majado de verde or mashed plantains
- Mandarin mimosa
- Mango blood orange sorbet {Helado de mango y naranja}
- Mango ceviche
- Mango lemonade or limeade
- Mango passion fruit margarita
- Mango passion fruit smoothie {Batido de mango y maracuya}
- Mango salsa
- Mango yogurt popsicles {Helados de mango y yogurt}
- Mango, avocado and arugula salad
- Manjar or dulce de leche
- Melon ball ice cubes
- Melon sangria
- Mexican flag paletas or kiwi, lime, and strawberry popsicles
- Miel de panela {Piloncillo syrup}
- Mignonette or French shallot vinaigrette
- Mixed seafood in a creamy garlic wine sauce {Mariscos al ajillo}
- Molo or Ecuadorian mashed potatoes
- Morocho or Ecuadorian spiced corn pudding drink
- Mote pillo or Ecuadorian hominy with eggs
- Mother’s Day breakfast and brunch recipe ideas
- Mushroom cheese empanadas
- Mushroom tortilla soup
- Mussels in white wine sauce
- Nicoise salad {with a Latin twist}
- Octopus ceviche {Ceviche de pulpo}
- Onion and tomato curtido salad/salsa {Curtido de cebolla y tomate}
- Onion sofrito or Refrito de cebolla
- Orange chipotle ham
- Oyster ceviche
- Pan de yuca or cassava cheese bread
- Pan seared lamb chops
- Panela or Piloncillo 101
- Papaya and banana frozen yogurt
- Passion fruit hot sauce {Ají de maracuya}
- Passion fruit mojitos
- Passion fruit tart
- Passion fruit tiramisu
- Pasta or spaghetti with spicy avocado sauce
- Pasta with mushroom cream sauce
- Pastel de choclo con queso or pastel de humita savory corn cake
- Patacones or tostones {Thick green plantain chips}
- Patriotic red, white and blue popsicles
- Peach Bellini Cocktail
- Pernil style roasted pork loin
- Peruvian fish cebiche or ceviche
- Peruvian salmon tiradito with passion fruit aji sauce
- Pescado con salsa de almendras or fish with almond sauce
- Pineapple caipirinha
- Pineapple flan {Flan de piña}
- Pineapple marmalade or preserves {Dulce de piña}
- Poached pear and goat cheese salad
- Pomegranate granita
- Pork lomo saltado {Peruvian inspired pork stir fry}
- Pork tenderloin with prunes and white wine
- Potato gratin dauphinois
- Pumpkin empanadas
- Pumpkin flan
- Pumpkin or squash soup {Sopa de zapallo}
- Quick and easy limonada, lemonade or limeade {in the blender}
- Quick chimichurri sauce
- Quinoa and cheese soup {Locro o sopa de quinua con queso}
- Quinoa salad with red pickled onions {Ensalada de quinua}
- Quinoa soup with beef {Sopa de quinua con carne}
- Quinoa with tomatillo and cilantro sauce
- Ramon’s fish ceviche {Ceviche de pescado}
- Raspberry creme brulee
- Raspberry, goat cheese and almond empanadas
- Refreshing salads: Mixed salad with avocado dressing and salmon/avocado Caesar salad
- Relleno de pavo or turkey stuffing
- Rhubarb and strawberry empanadas
- Rhubarb strawberry tart
- Rhubarb upside-down cake
- Rice with chorizo and shrimp {Arroz con chorizo y camarones}
- Ripe plantain puree {Pure de platanos maduros}
- Roast pork sliders with avocado and pickled red onions
- Roasted Pork Leg – Hornado de Chancho
- Roasted pork sandwich / Sanduche de chancho hornado
- Rompope {Latin Eggnog}
- Rossana’s tiramisu
- Russian (Latin American) potato salad: Ensalada rusa
- Salchipapas: Latin style fries
- Salmon and tuna poke inspired ceviche
- Salmon with pomegranate and orange salsa
- Salsa de maní or peanut sauce
- Salsa rosada or salsa golf
- Savory cassava cheese bread waffles
- Seafood quinoa or quinoa paella {Quinua marinera}
- Seafood rice {Arroz marinero // Arroz con mariscos}
- Seafood spaghetti {Tallarines con mariscos}
- Seared pork chops a la Provencale
- Seco de pollo: Ecuadorian chicken stew
- Semana Santa or Easter in Ecuador
- Shakshuka with chorizo or merguez sausage
- Shrimp and avocado ceviche
- Shrimp and corn chowder {Locro de camarón y choclo}
- Shrimp and mango ceviche {with avocado}
- Shrimp potato salad {Ensalada de papas con camarones}
- Shrimp salad with cilantro mayonnaise
- Shrimp stuffed avocado {Aguacate relleno con camarones}
- Shrimp tortilla soup
- Simple avocado and tomato salad
- Simple chocolate cake
- Simple endive salad with cheese
- Simple potato and egg salad
- Simple tuna and tomato pasta
- Sparkling pomegranate cocktail
- Spiced caramelized pears
- Spiced ginger simple syrup
- Spiced pineapple drink {Chicha de piña}
- Spicy avocado yogurt dip
- Spicy coriander seed seasoning mix
- Spicy cranberry mango sauce
- Spicy mango margaritas
- Spicy mint crème fraiche sauce
- Spicy orange and pomegranate salsa
- Spicy orange vinaigrette
- Spicy roasted pepper yogurt sauce
- Spinach raspberry salad with gorgonzola and honey roasted walnuts
- Steak salad with blue cheese, avocado and basil balsamic dressing
- Strawberry goat cheese arugula salad
- Strawberry infused tequila
- Strawberry layer cake
- Strawberry lemonade
- Strawberry margarita
- Strawberry mojito cocktails
- Strawberry passion fruit popsicles {Paletas de fresa y maracuya}
- Strawberry raspberry gelatin hearts
- Strawberry rhubarb sauce or compote
- Strawberry sauce
- Sweet potato patties stuffed with cheese {Llapingachos de camote}
- Swiss chard, beet and goat cheese empanadas {Empanadas de acelga, remolacha y queso de cabra}
- Tamarillo or tree tomato aji hot sauce {Ecuadorian ají de tomate de árbol}
- Tangerine or mandarin mojito
- Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas
- Thin beef skewers {Ecuadorian carne en palito}
- Tomato appetizer platter or tomato salad platter
- Tomato basil sauce
- Tomato bruschetta with basil
- Tomato mozzarella caprese salad
- Tortilla pizzas
- Traditional Brazilian Brigadeiros + variations
- Traditional chimichurri sauce
- Traditional fish ceviche
- Tropical fruit popsicles or paletas {Helados de fruta}
- Tropical fruit smoothie {with papaya, pineapple, banana, mango, and orange}
- Tropical margaritas {with pineapple, passion fruit, and mango}
- Tuna fish ceviche {Ceviche volquetero}
- Tuna fish empanadas {Empanadas de atún}
- Valentine’s coconut panna cotta with berry hearts
- Vegetarian ceviche de chochos
- Vibe Israel Comida food blogger trip
- Vodka mint lemonade or limeade
- Waffles with creamy tomato scrambled eggs
- Watercress salad with avocado, orange and goat cheese
- Watermelon mimosa
- {Fritada de gallina} Ecuadorian braised chicken in chicha
- {Salsa de ciruelas} Holiday prune sauce for turkey & pork
Pages
- 15+ Meatless recipes for Lent
- All about empanadas: The empanada 101 guide
- Blog
- Chirimoya or cherimoya
- Easy Summer Drinks and Cocktails
- Ecuadorian Appetizers and Snacks
- Ecuadorian ceviche recipes
- Ecuadorian Desserts
- Ecuadorian Drinks and Cocktails
- Ecuadorian fruits
- Ecuadorian Holiday Food
- Ecuadorian main meals
- Ecuadorian Plantain Recipes
- Ecuadorian recipe index
- Ecuadorian salads
- Ecuadorian Sauces
- Ecuadorian side dishes
- Ecuadorian soups
- Ecuadorian Street Food
- Fish and seafood recipes *with a Latin touch*
- Holiday and Christmas Recipes
- Latin desserts and sweets
- Latin Food Resources
- Limón dulce or sweet lemon
- Main Home
- Mouthwatering ceviche recipes
- My Favorite Latin Recipes
- Naranjilla or lulo
- Plantain Recipes
- Privacy policy
- Recipe Index
- Spanish and Latin Food Blogs
- Tartines and crostini appetizer recipes
- Traditional Ecuadorian Breakfast Dishes
- Valentine’s Day Cocktails
- Who is Laylita?
