Food of Dominican Republic
Dominican cooking is built on rice, beans, plantains and slow-simmered meats, with Spanish, African and Taino influences. Sofrito of garlic, onion and peppers seasons almost everything, and the midday meal, la bandera, brings rice, beans and stewed meat together. Sweets lean on coconut, sweet potato and milk.
La bandera
Rice, red beans and stewed meat with salad.
- Main dishes (8)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (5)
- Soups (2)
- Salads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (5)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (7)
Staples
- rice
- beans
- plantains
- yuca
- chicken
- pork
- coconut
- sweet potato
Signature flavors
- garlic
- oregano
- cilantro
- sour orange
- sofrito
- cinnamon
Main dishes
Rice, red beans and stewed meat with salad.
Key ingredients: rice, beans, chicken, salad
Hearty stew of meats and root vegetables.
Key ingredients: chicken, yuca, plantain, cornFull guide →Chicken stewed in tomato and sofrito.
Key ingredients: chicken, tomato, peppers
Roast pork shoulder marinated in citrus and garlic.
Key ingredients: pork shoulder, garlic, oregano
One-pot rice with chicken or sausage.
Key ingredients: rice, chicken, tomato, peppers
Rice with pigeon peas and coconut.
Key ingredients: rice, pigeon peas, coconut milkGoat stew with herbs.
Key ingredients: goat, onion, tomatoWhole fried fish with tostones.
Key ingredients: snapper, lime, garlicBreakfast
Mashed green plantains with pickled onions.
Key ingredients: plantains, red onion, butterFull guide →Mangu with fried cheese, salami and eggs.
Key ingredients: plantains, cheese, salami, eggsSweet red bean cream with milk and spices.
Key ingredients: red beans, milk, sweet potatoStreet food
Dominican burger with cabbage and sauce.
Key ingredients: beef, cabbage, sauce
Fried bulgur-meat croquette from Lebanese roots.
Key ingredients: bulgur, beef, spices
Crisp fried bread.
Key ingredients: flour, butter
Small fried turnovers with meat or cheese.
Key ingredients: flour, meat, cheese
Twice-fried plantain slices.
Key ingredients: plantainSoups
Chicken noodle soup.
Key ingredients: chicken, noodles, carrots
Tripe stew with vegetables.
Key ingredients: tripe, peppers, tomatoSalads
Potato and beet salad.
Key ingredients: potatoes, beets, mayonnaiseLettuce, tomato and avocado.
Key ingredients: lettuce, tomato, avocadoDesserts and sweets
Milk-soaked sponge cake.
Key ingredients: sponge, milksFull guide →Curdled milk caramel sweet.
Key ingredients: milk, sugar, cinnamonCorn pudding with cinnamon.
Key ingredients: corn, milk, coconutSilky caramel custard.
Key ingredients: eggs, milkFull guide →Pineapple filled layer cake.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, pineappleDrinks
Orange juice and milk blended with ice.
Key ingredients: orange juice, milk, sugarPassion fruit juice.
Key ingredients: passion fruit, sugar
Strong, sweet Dominican coffee.
Key ingredients: coffee, sugarPapaya milkshake.
Key ingredients: papaya, milk, sugarFruits and produce
Sweet varieties like Banilejo.
Called lechosa locally.
Full guide →
Giant creamy local avocados.
Full guide →
Tart chinola.
Essential cooking fruit.
For juice and jams.
Full guide →
Creamy, tangy fruit for drinks.
Dish guides from Dominican Republic
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- Saint Lucia
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- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Sancocho de espinazo de cerdo: Daguerreroa, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pernil.1: Ekem, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Locrio de Pollo (Dominicano): Ll1324, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Moro de guandules: Instituto Cervantes de Tokio, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangu dominicano --Contenido- -Lonjas de salami fritas -Lonjas de queso blanco -Mangu o puré de plátano verde -Mantequilla --Este es un plato típico en el desayuno dominicano --República Dominicana - 2013-10-08 14-28: User:Dominicanoventura, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kibbeh3: Bazel, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Johnnycakes: Douglas Perkins, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cuban pastry, guava: https://www.flickr.com/photos/themarmot/, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tostones: AMartiniouk, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Modongo soup: Jason Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Салат Оливье 03: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pastel de Tres Leches: @joefoodie, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Latte and dark coffee: Bex Walton, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Persea americana fruit 2: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Passiflora edulis forma flavicarpa: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Guava pink fruit: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Annona muricata 1: Damien Boilley from suburbs of Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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