Welcome to Marta’s Cuban-American Kitchen!
Below is an easy-reference list of all the Cuban recipes I’ve posted either here at MBFCF or over on Babalú. Enjoy!
Arroz con Pollo de Perez-Puelles Recipe
Avocado Salad (Cuban Style) Recipe
(Not-My-Tio-Fernando’s) Bread Pudding Recipe
Bacon-Wrapped Date Appetizers Recipe
Boliche – Cuban Pot Roast Recipe
Chicken Soup Cuban-style Recipe
Chocolatón (Chocolate Mousse) Recipe
Churrasco Estilo Cubano Recipe
Crema de Vie (Cuban Egg Nog) Recipe
Crockpot Ajiaco Criollo Recipe
Cuban Black Bean Soup/Chili Recipe
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Recipe
Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Recipe – Homemade
Elena Ruz Sandwich Recipe With a Twist
Empanada Gigante Recipe (La Empanada Que Se Le Perdio a Santa Barbara =D)
Frijoles Negros a la Latina Recipe
Frituras de Harina de Maiz Recipe
Lechon in the Crockpot Recipe (!)
Oven-Baked Beer Coke Can Chicken Recipe
Pan Con Bistec (Cuban-style Steak Sandwich) Recipe
Roast Chicken – Pollo Asado Recipe
Sopa de Platano de Timbiriche Recipe
Sweet and Sour Guava Meatballs Recipe
Tomato Soup Recipe – The Best Tomato Soup EVER
Torrejas Recipe – My big, fat, Cuban family torrejas – Stuffed with Guava & Cream Cheese
Oven-Baked Spanish Tortilla Recipe
Turkey with Port Wine Guava Glaze Recipe (Yes, Guava!)
Norma Romaelle says
July 14, 2009 at 12:02 amDear Marta,I received your cookbook today, put was very disappointed that you omitted your Pastel de Pollo. I made it when you had it on your web-site. But when I open your book I was so excited to make it for my daughter!Is there any way that you could send it to me?
Hoping that I will hear from you with good news!! Thank you!
Norma
healthy bean recipes says
May 8, 2010 at 7:09 pmWow, looking at the food makes me hungry.
carib.v@hotmail.com says
October 8, 2010 at 8:36 amHello,Could you please enliten me. I had tasted the greatest CUBAN dessert in West Palm FL and Miami FL. It was cheescake on the bottom and flan on top. I wanted to know how to make it?
And slo there was a small pastry like cookies, but not. Thy were filled with cheese. It was a sweet pastry. I would love to know how to make it.
Ani
camaguey says
December 5, 2010 at 1:53 amCan you email me a plate of rice, ropa vieja, y tostones RIGHT NOW?!!?? Salivatingly yours, A Fan.
Lucy Henderson says
December 15, 2010 at 5:49 amdo you the recipie for pizza pasteles….I have them everytime I go to Miami and would love to make them!! They are wonderful!!!
Lucy Henderson says
December 15, 2010 at 5:50 ambtw…I have tried alot of your recipies and they are great! Keep them comming!!!! Lonely for Cuban food in Winter have, Fl!!
Natbham says
April 10, 2011 at 11:35 amMarta, I made your black beans and flan cake for a “Cuban Night in Alabama” benefit for our school last night. I received soooo many compliments on how delicious the food was and the flan cake was incredible!! Thank you so much for helping me impress!
a.suarez says
June 4, 2011 at 9:34 pmwow after looking at your page i am starving!!i loveee ropa vieja!boy do i miss my moms cooking theres no cuban food here in alabama…
Adriana Soto says
June 9, 2011 at 11:26 amOMG..I how do I marry into this family???
Anne Marie says
June 27, 2011 at 9:19 amLast night I made the crock pot ropa vieja. Oh my goodness- everyone raved!! It was exactly right. And then I made flan/chocolate cake and it was even better than flan cake. YUM. I plan on working my way through more of your recipes soon!
Caterers in New York says
August 19, 2011 at 2:44 amMy eyes were stuck on the chocolate drink. That looks like the best thick and fresh chocolate drink. My mouth’s watering right now.
Maidie says
October 5, 2011 at 7:56 amWhat a beautiful blog! The pix of the food – and the flavor – jump out at you! I’m so happy I found this site.
nyc catering says
November 30, 2011 at 1:35 amI would love to live in your kitchen, and I’m not even joking. I’m sure I will learn a lot about cooking under your tutelage.
irish restaurants says
November 30, 2011 at 10:43 pmAre these really Cuban? I’ve been to Cuba once, but I wasn’t lucky enough to find these delectable treats.
marichucamacho@yahoo.com says
December 4, 2011 at 9:26 amEverything looks amazing. A very nice website for other cultures that are eager to learn about our cuban cuisine. I have referred it to some people already. Nice job!
Marta M. Darby says
December 24, 2011 at 12:49 amHi Lillian,Sorry! It’s 350. But keep watching it!
Besos!
Lillian Newman says
December 24, 2011 at 11:59 ammarta what is the bake temp on the flan de reina? I could not find it on the recipe. thanks! 🙂
Spokane Car Insurance says
February 10, 2012 at 7:09 amMy eyes were stuck on the chocolate drink. That looks like the best thick and fresh chocolate drink. My mouth’s watering right now.
Daniella says
February 16, 2012 at 1:12 pmI’ve been in the mood for some Sergio’s batido de chocolate, but that boliche looks off the chain!
Marylin says
February 18, 2012 at 2:17 pmHi… I’ve read a lot of your recipes… they are delicious… One question, where is the arroz con leche?? post the recipe.. thanks!! love this site! cant get enough!
KTBWRS says
April 5, 2012 at 3:50 pmMarta,Your recipes are amazing. I have already made so many and I am turning my Americano husband (we are newly weds) into a lover of all food Cuban!
Jezabel Arredondo says
May 8, 2012 at 3:58 pmwow this site is just want I needed… i was raised by my cuban grandmother but she passed away 8 years old and I don’t have any one to tell me how to cook my fav cuban dishes that i grow up with….thank you!!!
Elizabeth says
June 30, 2012 at 12:37 amI just ran into your page. I love cooking and I make lots of cuban dishes. This vaca frita crockpot is a great idea for us working women. I will definitely try it.Thank you for keeping the tradition!
Healthy Recipes says
July 6, 2012 at 2:49 amThis is such a yummy collection !
ana frazee says
July 20, 2012 at 9:56 pmthis all looks like my mom made it….i’ll be trying some of these recipes soon. especially the picadillo.
micky_lpz@yahoo.com says
July 30, 2012 at 6:04 pmHelloI love your Blog, your recipes are so delicies, reminds me of my Mom cooking. Take care Micky
Heather says
August 7, 2012 at 1:45 pmMarta,I discovered your website yesterday while looking for a Fricase de Pollo recipe. It was awesome, even better in the restaurants around here!! Cant wait to try the others you have posted!!
Thank you from KY!
andyg9221@gmail.com says
August 16, 2012 at 7:14 pmas a Cuban American college guy who also happens to love his Cuban heritage and feel very proud of it, I have to say that your blog is very good and helps me to figure out new receipts… Thanks for blogging =)
Aileen says
August 28, 2012 at 11:42 amMarta,These pictures are making this very pregnant Cuban even hungrier than she already is! I miss my grandma’s cooking and can’t wait for her to visit!!!
Wen says
September 12, 2012 at 3:07 pmI have received a large container of crema de leche candy from a Cuban friend. I don’t eat candy but love dessert. I was wondering if there was any Cuban dessert or other recipe that this candy could be used for? My young friend says that Cubans eat this sweet candy as is.
Chris Dorrego says
September 17, 2012 at 12:36 amPicadillo is my favorite since I was a kid. My mom taught me how to make it, but there was no wine and no tomato-at all. I will try it with both. I lost my dad in March, shame I cannot share this recipe’ with him. I found your blog on his computer though. He too was Cuban.I love your blog so far, and I will try some of these recipes on my family. Do you make your rice with garlic, and a bit of olive oil, and salt? It is simple and perfection. 35 shakes of salt. 2-3 cloves of garlic crushed. enough EVOO to “swirl” with your finger on top of the water. Rinse rice until clear, then (I have a pot that came from Cuba so my measurement is by eye) fill with water until about 2 fingers above the rice. Mix in garlic, add EVOO and swirl so you get little pools, cover, heat to boil, then simmer on low low for 40 minutes…no peeking. Perfect white rice.
Aned Orta says
September 24, 2012 at 4:15 pmHi Martha,Nice website!
I just wanna ask you whether there is a way to make “Dulce de Leche” using the milk we find in the market. Because I remember that in Cuba, we would use milk from cows that had just delivered their calf.
Sandra says
October 1, 2012 at 4:18 amI love this website. I can relate to many things, but this quote is the best of all: a smart cuban living in a pastelito-challenging area!
lisa g. says
October 6, 2012 at 8:45 pmHello! I want to make the Levying in the oven instead of the crock pot. How long do I bake them in the oven? Thank u!
lisa g. says
October 6, 2012 at 8:46 pmOh my goodness! I spelled it wrong..I meant Lechon.
Laurel says
October 22, 2012 at 11:47 amI have been a fan of your blog for some time now. It’s a fixture on my bookmarks toolbar. I live in Kansas City and, until recently, certain ingredients like Spanish chorizo have been hard to find. I have made your boliche, picadillo and yesterday, your pulpeta. It was a little tricky browning the pulpeta on all sides, but I’m sure I will get better with practice! I’d never had pulpeta before, but it’s the best non-meatloaf “meatloaf” I’ve ever had. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful recipes and stories.
Denise says
October 30, 2012 at 10:20 amI love this web sight now I can keep cooking all the thing’s my ex mother law tough me year’s ago.
Ariana says
December 4, 2012 at 3:43 pmI was looking for Cuban recipes to help with a project for my Culinary class. Most of the recipes I have are from memory and what my Grandma has shown me.I really like this blog a lot. I live in a very small town and I have only met one other Cuban that is not in my family. So I very much enjoy internet because I come across sites like these and it makes me feel not so alone in the world well more like this town. I guess that is what I get for living in California. Like my Grandma always tell me “Cubans dont come this far west.” 🙂
Qbanita says
December 12, 2012 at 2:13 amCan we get a Christmas menu recipe?
Qbanita says
December 12, 2012 at 2:15 amAlso do you have a recipe for carne fria?
liliy60@msn.com says
December 29, 2012 at 11:53 pmOh my! Just found you on the web. You took me back to my Cuban childhood memories. Oh how I miss this great food. Will be trying some of these out. I have a lump in my throat at the nostalgia this all brings back. Thank you for your Cubanness!Besitos,
Ileana
Bea says
January 3, 2013 at 5:54 pmI also recently found your wonderful web site. I made the Ropa Vieja New Year’s Eve and Arroz con Pollo today. Both meals turned out scrumptious…just like Mom’s cooking. I am so glad I found your recipes as I’ve had a difficult time trying to duplicate my mother’s cooking. She has been cooking since she was nine years old and has never used measuring utensils. Next, I’m going to tackle the empanadas-yum!
Denise says
January 21, 2013 at 11:54 amHello!What happened to your chicken soup recipe? I’ve cant wait to make it and have some on hand when I’m not feeling great. Thank You!!
Denise
judylynch says
January 23, 2013 at 12:53 amMy lucky daughter will marry her Cuban fiancé in May this year. We want to celebrate with cuban food at the wedding. Any suggestions for a menu? Thanks!
Lizzy says
February 9, 2013 at 9:37 pmDo you have recipe for cuban cake (rum soaked) like the ones they make in Miami?
Patricia P. Wright says
February 13, 2013 at 9:34 pmI love them all from first sight. I never knew that there are so much variates of the Arroz recipes. I am thinking of savoring them all one by one someday.
Brenda says
February 22, 2013 at 6:29 pmI seen this recipe- well partial recipe on tv and it looked so good, I’m hoping if I give you the ingredients from what i got you have this recipe to share: ok -(this is a layered recipe) its sweet plantains mashed,cooked ground beef that they put adobo and sofrito in, added greenolives on top of that, then they whisked some eggs, poured on top,then cheese i think chedder and then roasted red peppers arranged baked at 350 for 40 minutes, do you know this recipe please help me whats it called
Ilonca Eenkhoorn says
February 24, 2013 at 4:09 amWhich of these food are good for people who are on a diet? I am interested to try the Chicken Soup Cuban-style but first I need to know if its good for me.
Yani says
March 15, 2013 at 4:27 pmThank you for sharing!!! Cannot wait to make the ropa vieja!!
Nadia said says
March 20, 2013 at 9:19 amWorst recipe for tamal en casuela it just tasted like tomato sauce and dry wine and it was cooked exactly by your recipe. Everything to the garbage.
Theresa in Mérida says
March 24, 2013 at 7:57 amMarta,I cracked up when I read your “fufu” post. I totally relate to the “esplaining”. My Cuban American background always subjected me to 20 questions. I pretty much grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. I got stuff like,”Díaz huh?, I didn´t realize you are Mexican? You don’t look Mexican”.
And then my parents seem to be the only Cubans ever who immigrated (1952) which made a whole ‘nother song and dance. I have lots of family who refugeed but my parents came for other reasons. But the whole refugee/immigant thing really confuses people.
Thanks for the great recipes.I’m making lechon in the crock pot and was surfing for cook times when I found you.
regards,
Theresa
Cristina Miccio says
March 25, 2013 at 9:02 amHola: I desperately need several authentin Cuban recipes to give South American chef for my daghter’s wedding. He is going to make a sample in advance. One of the entrees for the menu is lechon asado (or roast pork)con mojo criollo con muchas cebollas, frijoles negros con encima de arroz blanco y platanos fritos maduros.
Neli says
May 19, 2013 at 11:33 amAny chance you have a recipe for pan de gloria? I don’t live near Miami and would love to give it to my mom more than once a year.
Kathy says
May 26, 2013 at 5:24 pmMy mother and I tried making the Flan Cake today. After cooling for 15 minutes, we carefully inverted it onto a cake plate and the top portion of the flan broke and fell into the middle. It was still delicious but we are trying to figure out what we did wrong. Any ideas?
wendy says
May 28, 2013 at 12:14 amThank you for the lovely recipes. Married to a Cuban and love the food. Now I can make him happier!
Janee says
July 8, 2013 at 4:29 pmMy husband made the turkey with port wine guava glaze for last Thanksgiving (of course I gave him your recipe) and it was amazing!! The whole family loved it, we are going to keep doing it every year, thanksgiving a lo cubano! i love your blog!
Paula says
July 30, 2013 at 7:17 amI just wanted to say that I made the Flan cake recipe this weekend and boy was it DELICIOUS!! I am new to cuban cuisine, so if this is a taste of how wonderful the meals will be I’ll be trying a lot of recipes from this site! Thanks for offering them!
Joelle says
August 2, 2013 at 10:11 amAMAZING! Thank you so much for your time and showing the wonderful pictures with your recipes. I have been looking for a catering idea and I think I found one! You made it look so easy! Thanks for sharing!!
magda_e@sbcglobal.net says
August 4, 2013 at 3:33 pmHola.Gracias por todas sus recetas cubanas.
Yo quisiera saber si usted podia conseguir la receta para Empanadillas Cubanas, el estilo Oriental, similares a las empanadas, llevan la carne en el centro, no mucha y el resto de la empanada es tostadito y crujiente, riquisimas.
Tambien, si es posible quisiera la receta de el Pudin de Boniato estilo Oriental.
Saludos,
Gracias mil.
Magda
Benita says
August 6, 2013 at 8:45 amMy Mother Passed recently and along with her a lot of our Cuban Traditions and yes our Cuban Recipes since the kitchen was her domain and we would just learn for watching her do her thing…so your Blog is a good reference tool when the doubts crop up…thank you for putting it together for us to enjoy.
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Damaris says
September 9, 2013 at 7:21 amThank you for sharing your wonderful recipes! As a first generation american, I truly pride myself in my strong Cuban roots and your recipes help me do just that. I love the way your crock pot recipes replace the traditional pressure cooker! It’s arroz con salchichas tonight!!!
Michelle Ingram says
November 16, 2013 at 10:35 pmI looked but didnt see a recipe for tres leche 🙁 please post one if you have it.I used to work at a cuban restaurant and it was ONE of my faves well that and tostones and picadillo lol well all of it to be honest. 🙂
cindy says
November 18, 2013 at 12:09 amI just love Cuban food. Was engaged to a guy from Cuba. His mom would cook all the time. I do miss it. I now live in AZ and we do not have Cuban restaurants here. I use to go to a bakery in Lennox California. They made a meat pie that had green olives in it. I can not find a recipe for it. I can not find a recipe any where. I was hoping you might help.
Pastor Arneith Edmunds says
November 19, 2013 at 9:32 pmI use to live in Miami and loved the Cubano bakeries, etc. I lved the croquiras, guava and cheese. I cannot think on the name of this but it was a round biscuit with a glazed top and hamburger meat inside. Help please!! And thank you.
Victoria says
December 6, 2013 at 1:28 pmI love your site. I refer to it often, just to make sure I got the ingredients right. I’m Puerto Rican and with your help I was able to make my Cuban husband happy with the dishes he grew up with. Plus, dishes his mom never learned to make and she talks highly of my cooking. ;)<–wink face. Thanks a bunch for sharing.
Madelin Peraita says
December 29, 2013 at 4:38 pmMarta I just came across your website and I love it. I’ve been in this country for 45 years and only in the last few years have i had the desire to cook Cuban food. My kids are half Italian but the love everything Cuban. Every time Abuela visits she makes a big batch of Frijoles Negros and my son freezes it to bring back to school with him. Anyway I can’t wait to try the Ropa Vieja recipe as well as the churros. Keep up the good work.Besos………….
Madelin Peraita says
December 29, 2013 at 4:40 pmMichelle google it, and you’ll a lot of great Ideas for tres leches cake.Good luck,
cChristina says
December 31, 2013 at 12:11 amYay! My son convinced me to bake another twenty min and that did the trick. The Flan is amazing and was devoured warm. Thank you!!
cChristina says
December 31, 2013 at 11:21 amAhhh…tried the flan recipe and followed to the letter but ended up with milky water and not the custard I was expecting. ?
Yani says
January 17, 2014 at 3:22 pmThank you thank you for all of you delicious and legitimately cuban recipes! I’m cuban and from Miami, living in OH and thanks to you I have getting my Cuban fixes by trying all your yummy recipes! I enjoy your blogs too. Feliz aNo Nuevo! Voy a atemptar las torrejas… Que Rico!
crystal says
February 8, 2014 at 1:01 pmThank you for your recipes! I’m american and my fiance is cuban and every time I have made something cuban he has always said.. its good but its not like my moms.. or its missing something. Ever since I’ve been using your recipes there have been times he has told me that its better than his moms!
jose mejias says
March 11, 2014 at 9:36 amhello, please post a recipe for croquetas, hopefully I will impress the family. Thank you
Mia Seland says
March 30, 2014 at 2:57 pmDo you have a recipe for the Mani Dulce (Peanut Candy) you can buy on the streets? It looks like caramel and is often rapped in paper because it’s very greasy.I just visited Cuba and fell in love with that kind of candy!
Christina says
March 31, 2014 at 4:01 pmAll your meals look so delicious. My abuela use to always make rice pudding (Arroz con Leche) and at one point in time I had the recipe. She is going blind and can’t hear very well, so I couldn’t get the recipe again or figure out how to make it perfectly like her. Thank you so much for posting the recipe, everything sounds exactly the way she did it!!!Side note: Her rice pudding was the only one I would eat and eat and eat! All other versions could not compare!
Doylie45 says
April 9, 2014 at 9:40 amAdded your link to my website http://propertiesforsalecuba.com/2014/04/09/food-and-drink-in-cuba/
Maria Garcia says
April 28, 2014 at 1:33 pmToday’s Cuba is not the Cuba that Cuban-Americans like Marta and me grew up in… the communist government has destroyed the culture, the cities, and even the food of what was once a beautiful, successful country with American technology and European culture. You won’t find food like this in what the government has turned into a third-world country. However, if you visit Miami you can find all these treats and more!!
Lourdes Charneski says
June 1, 2014 at 12:24 amI love the book that you show in the internet.I ordered it and was a dissapointment, some of the recepies like Empanadas are not in the book…I,ll have a hard time to recomend it
Bea says
November 28, 2014 at 3:55 pmRe: Ropa Vieja Recipe: Are the two cups of beef broth added in the second part of the recipe taken directly out of the crock pot or pre-made from a cube or can?
Tery says
January 1, 2015 at 8:17 amMy husband and I have been long tme readers of your blog. You so eloquently say what we think but have never articulated. Thank you for writing what is in our brain and heart. One last request do you have a recipe for quimbombó?
Alina says
April 5, 2015 at 7:05 amMartaaaa!!!!! I live for you!! I am a 30 year old Cuban American muchachita de nuevaaaa jersey… Newly married and my husband asks me how did u get sooo gooood at cooking Cuban food!!! I said I owe it all to Marta!!!! He says “where is this woman.. Who has made my wife such an expert?” I showed him your videos and we are both big fans!!! I have also shared your website with coworkers… And they are also following your great recipes!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your love of cooking with us!!! Sincerely, Alina Maria Carrera
Yann Müller says
May 3, 2015 at 3:09 pmThis looks all so delicious!!Is it allowed to repost(+translate the recipes) with a link to this page?
Already waiting for more!!