Puerto Rican Appetizers is a kind of something special to make your vocations awesome on a beautiful island. These will give you more light and a refreshing feeling in the company of natural scenes.

As there is a diverse variety of these foods and you can opt for your choice. Their packing with dazzling and native ingredients makes them more influential.

Because of their cherishing flavors, these are a part of meals not only in America but also in Spain, Africa, and a lot of other countries. Here we have a lot of mouthwatering options for you, let us explore the recipes of these yummy delights to add value to your moments.

Alcapurria

Alcapurrias is one of the well-known delights in Puerto Rican foods as gives the best flavors due to the homemade filling of meat in it and the easy frying process. Here is a list of ingredients that we need to prepare onion, green bell paper, cilantro, jalapeno, green plantains, yucca, sazon, and cooking spray.

Directions to make it prepare are:

• In a skillet add salt, sofrito, bell pepper, and ground beef, and cook it until the meat becomes separated.
• Peel the plantains with yautia.
• For the grating of ingredients use the food processor.
• Continue mixing until all the ingredients become smooth and become dough.
• On aluminum paper add oil to grease it and place dough on it. Make a hole in its center and put meat in it.
• For the frying process preheat the oil and fry it for 10 minutes until it gets brown or golden.
• Use a towel to remove excess oil and it is ready to serve.

Tostones

Tostones are one of the crispy appetizers that are served as a side dish. That can be prepared by yellow plantains or green ones. One more thing that makes them yummier is the process of their double frying. These are made up of very simple and healthy ingredients such as green plantains, neutral oil, canola oil, and salt.

The steps for preparation are as follows:

• Trim your plantains with a knife. Or you can also use a spoon to make it more smooth.
• In a pan heat oil and it becomes warm add plantains in it and fries until they become golden.
• After frying transfer them to a board and press gently.
• Fry again these pieces after pressing them to be deep-fried.
• Use a paper towel to absorb excess oil from it.
• These are prepared and ready to serve as warm.

Bacalaitos Puerto Rican

Bacalaitos is one of the spinach appetizers. And it is a portion of food for warm months. As these are not only full of flavor but also easy to prepare. Ingredients for the preparation are codfish, flour, baking powder, adobo seasoning, water, garlic clove, cilantro, and oil for frying.

Directions for preparation are:

• Soak fish in water for a night in the refrigerator.
• Rinse it a lot of times.
• Boil it in water for 10 minutes.
• In a pan add flour, baking powder, adobo, and water to make whisking.
• Heat oil on medium heat.
• Put batter of ingredients in oil and fry until it gets brown.
• Put these on the towel and absorb extra oil. And it is ready to serve.

Empanadilla Puerto Rican

Empanadillas are one of the famous fried Puerto Rican turnovers to serve as a side dish. it is called pastel illo, empanada, paste, or empanadilla in different regions of Europe.

 Ingredients for the preparation of empanadilla are flour, salt, butter, egg yolks, water, olive oil, onion, ground beef, adobo seasoning, bay leaves, tomato sauce, and cilantro.

Directions for preparation are:

• Make the dough by combining ingredients in a bowl.
• Keep it for a while before filling it.
• For the preparation of filling heat onion, pepper, and oil in the oven.
• Add sofrito and sauté in the mixture before the addition of beef.
• Add sazon, olives, tomato sauce, bay leaves, and water to boil for 10 minutes.
• Roll the dough into circular discs, and fill them with picadillo.
• Fry it in oil at 300 degrees until become golden.
• Serve it soon after frying.

Flan De Coco

It is a delicious, flavorful, coconut flan that gives a sweet taste but it needs a very sensitive baking process. Ingredients for its preparation are sugar, condensed milk, fluid ounce, milk, eggs, and shredded coconut.

Directions to prepare are:

• Preheat oven to a temperature of 400 degrees.
• Place milk in a saucepan and heat it add sugar in it and melt it.
• When this caramel is prepared place it in the bottom of the dish.
• When it becomes tough add milk, evaporated milk, sugar, coconut, and eggs. Blend this mixture for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Bake it in a preheated oven. As it baked remove it and cool it for a while.
• Smooth its edges with a knife.
• Put in refrigerator overnight before serving.

Mofongo 

Mofongo is a popular meal to enjoy sunsets, and beautiful beaches made with fried mashed green bells. Ingredients for preparation are green plantains, crunchy pork skin, garlic cloves, olive oil, and frying oil.

Here it is a step by step guidelines to prepare it:

• Cut the plantains into slices and dip them in water for 15 minutes.
• Dry them and put them in a skillet using oil.
• Fry plantains to make them brown. While frying check them again and again with a fork to avoid over-frying.
• After frying mash them with garlic and chicharron.
• After frying shape, them with your hands into spheres.
• Serve when hot with your favorite meat.

Pastelon Puerto Rican

Pastelons are sweet layered-up fried Puerto Rican Appetizers. It is easy to make all elements for its 

preparation. That can be mad sweet or savory on your taste and formed mostly to serve crowds.

 Ingredients for preparation are canola oil, plantains, salt, onion, green red bell pepper, cilantro, black pepper, tomato paste, yellow raisins, eggs, milk, and mozzarella.

Directions for preparation are:

• Heat 2 cups of oil. Fry plantains in them until browned. Transfer them to the towel to absorb extra oil.
• In a food processor chop bell pepper, onion, garlic, and cilantro.
• In another pan heat oil and fry the sofrito to make it golden.
• Add beef into it with paprika, pepper, oregano, and cumin, and break the meat into pieces.
• Add tomatoes, water ad raisins to boil it, and on removing add olives.
• Mix eggs in milk and put it aside.
• Preheat oven and add plantains. Sprinkle cheese over all this mixture and cool it for 15 minutes before serving.

Final Words

Here we have compiled a list of delicious and easy-to-make recipes for Puerto Rican Appetizers to prepare at home to save your health, time, and money with the best flavors.