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Typical Dominican Food (and Its Secret Ingredient!)

We may be a bit biased, but Dominican food is the best food in the world. It's savory, delicious, and comes with lots of spices that grow around the country like fresh oregano and cilantro. 


But ask any Dominican what the number one ingredient is and they’ll say it is amor (pronounce ah-more). Do you know what amor means? It means LOVE! You can easily make a typical Dominican dish as long as you don’t forget the number one ingredient, amor.


Keep in mind that every single one of our condos has a fully equipped kitchen, so you will be able to make all of these meals (if you want) while you are here.


If you do decide to cook any of these recipes at home, use our Grocery Shopping in Cabarete Guide to pick up the goods!


Typical Dominican Breakfast


Let’s start with the most important meal of the day, breakfast! 

You can of course find a bowl of cereal or some yogurt with fresh fruits here, but most Dominicans would prefer a hot and hearty breakfast like mangu.

Mangu, not to be confused with mango, is quite simple. Green plantains are peeled and boiled until soft and then mashed with butter until completely smooth. Typically, mangu is accompanied by fried eggs, cheese, and sausage and then topped with sautéed onions.

Hungry yet? 


Typical Dominican Lunch


Lunch is the heaviest meal of the day and it almost always includes rice, beans, meat, and salad or avocado. Almost no day goes by without rice here in the Dominican Republic and the beans come soupy with fresh cilantro and local squash (or West Indies Pumpkin, to be exact)! 


Braised beef or carne guisada is an indispensable part of Dominican culture. It includes oregano, garlic, onions, bell peppers, tomato paste, olives, and is slowly cooked. Fried chicken is also an important food group here (yup, fried chicken is a food group here in the DR!) and a big part of the lunch culture. 


Tostones are fried and there are also flattened green plantains. They are fried first to heat them up to flatten them and then fried once more for the crispy, crunchy, salty last touch. Here’s a step-by-step on how to make the perfect tostone! 


Typical Dominican Dinner


Dinner is more on the light side and most Dominicans will boil some root veggies such as yucca (you may know it as cassava!) and combine it with a protein, such as egg or chicken, with a hefty side of avocado on the side.


Or they may just eat the leftovers from lunch. Since a lot of food is made in the afternoon, leftovers are not to go to waste!


Typical Dominican Sweets


If you didn’t use your plantains while they were still green and good for mangu, you can let them ripe to caramelize them. Caramelizing plantains includes rum, butter, and sugar....Yummy, huh? 


Explore authentic Dominican restaurants in Cabarete or try to make them in your own full-equipped kitchen at your condo! And don’t be shy to make friends with the locals and ask for help! 


Before you know it, savory aromas of delicious local food will be filling your condo as long as you don’t forget that extra special, most important ingredient: AMOR! So you can always say, “hecho con amor” or “made with love.”


Ready to feast on Dominican food? Book your ocean-view condo now

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