Puerto Rican Chinese cuisine
Puerto Rican Chinese cuisine is a popular style of food exclusive to restaurants in Puerto Rico developed by its Chinese immigrants.[1] The food is a variation of Cantonese cuisine with some elements of Puerto Rican cuisine. A typical dish consists of fried rice, a choice of meat, and French fries. The fried rice itself varies in every restaurant, but can contain many ingredients such as ham, beef, shrimp, egg, lettuce, and onions. In 2020, there were an estimated 450 Chinese restaurants in Puerto Rico and the owners suffered discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico.[2]
Chinese restaurant in Cataño, Puerto Rico
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Dishes
Popular dishes in many Puerto Rican Chinese restaurants are:[3]
- Pollo al Ajillo — Chicken and onion slices in garlic and oil.
- Camarones al Ajillo — Shrimp in garlic and oil.
- Carne Ahumada — Pieces of pork drenched in sweet red sauce. It is known in American Chinese cuisine as Boneless Pork Ribs.
- Pepper steak — Slices of beef and green pepper in soy sauce-based brown sauce.
- Pepper chicken — Same as pepper steak but with chicken.
- Chicken and broccoli — Chicken and broccoli in soy sauce-based brown sauce.
- Sweet and sour chicken
- Fried chicken — Deep-fried breaded chicken that is very popular and inexpensive.
- Chow mein
- Chop suey
- Fried rice[4][5]
- Egg rolls
- Tostones
Gallery
Puerto Rican fried rice
References
- Whittaker, Mark (March 12, 2022). "Island Asian: When you cross a Chinese heritage with Puerto Rican flavors, you get Asian Sofrito". Tucson Local Media. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- "Chinos en la isla sufren discrimen por el coronavirus" [Chinese on the island suffer discrimination]. El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- "Comida China Orlando FL". El Flamboyan Chinese Restaurant. June 14, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- "Puerto Rican Fried Rice Recipe". Food & Wine. April 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- Feliberty, Damaris (April 28, 2020). "Arroz Chino Boricua (Puerto Rican Fried Rice)". Damaris' Happy Moments -. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
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