Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Frita Cubana
The frita cubana is a beef and chorizo patty under a pile of shoestring potatoes. Here is how we make it, from our Cuban kitchen in Tampa, step by step.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Frituras de Malanga
Grated malanga fritters, crisp outside and soft in the middle. The Cuban method, step by step, from the kitchen at Kiki’s Restaurant Lounge in Tampa.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Platanos Maduros
Sweet fried plantains done the Cuban way: ripe fruit, low heat, deep amber edges. The full recipe and the mistakes to avoid, from Kiki’s kitchen in Tampa.
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How to Press a Cuban Sandwich Without a Plancha
Press a Cuban sandwich at home without a plancha: a cast-iron skillet, a weight, real times, the right bread, and the mistakes that ruin the crust.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Mariquitas
Paper-thin green plantain chips fried once and served with garlic mojo. The mariquitas recipe our Tampa kitchen uses, plus how to keep them snapping.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Pan con Lechon
Pan con lechon done right: slow-roasted pork, raw onion and mojo on Cuban bread, never pressed. The full recipe from our kitchen in Tampa.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Vaca Frita
Vaca frita is flank steak boiled, shredded, marinated in lime and garlic, then fried hard until the edges crisp. Our Tampa kitchen’s full method.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Camarones al Ajillo
Camarones al ajillo done the Cuban way: shrimp, sliced garlic, olive oil and lime in under 30 minutes. The garlic shrimp recipe from our Tampa kitchen.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Masas de Puerco Fritas
Cuban masas de puerco fritas: pork shoulder marinated in garlic and sour orange, simmered soft, then fried crisp. The full method from Kiki’s in Tampa.