Recipes

Cook from this store.

Weeknight plates and holiday pots — built from the carnicería, produce, and pantry at Key Food Weston. Tap a recipe for what to buy.

Weeknight table

2 to 4 people

Breakfast

Huevos rancheros

Fried eggs, salsa, black beans, tortillas. Breakfast that holds you.

20 minServes 2

Meat

Bistec encebollado

Thin steak smothered in sweet onions. The weeknight Cuban plate.

40 minServes 4

Fish

Camarones al ajillo

Garlic shrimp in olive oil. Bread for the sauce.

20 minServes 4

Fish

Pescado frito

Whole fried fish, lime, tostones. Friday night.

25 minServes 4

Meat

Churrasco with chimichurri

Skirt steak, hot pan, parsley-garlic sauce from the produce aisle.

40 minServes 4

Sides

Tostones

Twice-fried green plantains. Garlic dip on the side.

20 minServes 4

Sides

Yuca con mojo

Boiled yuca, garlic-citrus mojo. From the produce case.

30 minServes 4

Pork

Cuban sandwich

Roast pork, ham, Swiss, pickles, mustard, pressed Cuban bread.

15 minServes 4

Meat

Carne asada tacos

Skirt steak, cilantro, onion, lime. Corn tortillas from the aisle.

25 minServes 4

Pasta

Garlic shrimp pasta

Spaghetti, shrimp, garlic, olive oil. From the seafood case.

25 minServes 4

Meat

Vaca frita

Boiled then pan-fried shredded beef with onions and lime.

50 minServes 4

Chicken

Chicharron de pollo

Crispy fried chicken chunks. Lime and hot sauce.

30 minServes 4

Pork

Chuletas fritas

Thin fried pork chops. Garlic and lime.

25 minServes 4

Fish

Camarones enchilados

Shrimp in a Cuban tomato-pepper sauce. Rice underneath.

30 minServes 4

Fish

Filete empanizado

Breaded fish fillets. Lime at the table.

25 minServes 4

Sides

Maduros

Ripe sweet plantains, fried until caramelized.

15 minServes 4

Breakfast

Arepas

Venezuelan corn cakes. Split and stuff.

25 minServes 4

Family

5 to 8 people

Meat

Picadillo

Ground beef, raisins, olives, sofrito. Dinner — or the filling for empanadas.

40 minServes 6

Chicken

Pollo guisado

Chicken stew with potatoes and peppers. One pot, rice on the side.

50 minServes 6

Rice

Moros y cristianos

Black beans cooked right into the rice. The house tray at home.

40 minServes 6

Pasta

Picadillo pasta

The house ground-beef sauce on spaghetti. Weeknight tray at home.

30 minServes 6

Meat

Carne guisada

Beef stew with potatoes and sofrito. One pot.

75 minServes 6

Meat

Albondigas

Beef meatballs in tomato sauce. Weeknight pot.

40 minServes 6

Chicken

Arroz con pollo

Chicken and yellow rice in one pot. The house tray.

50 minServes 6

Chicken

Pollo asado

Roast chicken with garlic, lime, and adobo.

70 minServes 6

Pork

Masitas de puerco

Fried pork chunks in a garlic-citrus marinade.

50 minServes 6

Sides

Frijoles negros

Cuban black beans. Sofrito in the pot, rice on the side.

30 minServes 6

Rice

Congris

Cuban red beans and rice, cooked together.

40 minServes 6

Dessert

Holiday

Flan de leche

Caramel custard. Every Cuban and Venezuelan table at the end of the meal.

70 minServes 8

Meat

Holiday

Ropa vieja

Shredded flank steak in peppers and tomato. The Cuban Sunday pot.

150 minServes 8

Bakery

Empanadas de pollo

Chicken-filled turnovers. Bake or fry.

45 minServes 8

Dessert

Holiday

Arroz con leche

Cinnamon rice pudding. The weeknight dessert that also shows up at holidays.

50 minServes 8

Bakery

Pastelitos de guayaba

Puff pastry and guava paste. Cuban bakery at home.

30 minServes 8

Bakery

Holiday

Tequenos

Venezuelan cheese sticks wrapped in dough. Party food.

35 minServes 8

Party pot

9 or more people

Rice

Holiday

Arroz con gandules

Holiday rice. Pigeon peas, sofrito, a little smoked ham.

50 minServes 10

Meat

Holiday

Sancocho

The big pot. Meats, yuca, plantain, corn, squash. Sunday and holidays.

150 minServes 10

Pork

Holiday

Pernil

Garlic roast pork shoulder with crackling skin. Nochebuena’s centerpiece.

300 minServes 12

Bakery

Holiday

Pan de jamón

Venezuelan Christmas bread. Ham, olives, raisins, rolled.

90 minServes 12

Chicken

Holiday

Mojo roast turkey

Thanksgiving bird, South Florida way — garlic, citrus, oregano.

240 minServes 12

Dessert

Holiday

Tres leches

Sponge cake soaked in three milks. Birthday and Nochebuena.

60 minServes 12

Pork

Holiday

Pineapple glazed ham

Spiral ham, pineapple, cloves. The other holiday roast.

120 minServes 14

Pork

Holiday

Hallacas

Venezuelan Christmas. Stew in corn masa, wrapped in banana leaf.

240 minServes 16