Picadillo is a Cuban dish made with ground beef, potatoes, olives, and raisins. The dish is gently simmered in a tomato-based sauce, infused with various spices. Sofrito is a flavorful sauce used ...

A favorite chicken dish in Cuba, arroz con pollo is similar to paella, but without the seafood. The dish features rice and chicken with a traditional sofrito base. Costillitas are baby back ribs ...

Growing up in a traditional Cuban household in Miami meant that soup ... and aromatics such as sofrito, bay leaves, and lime, sancocho is worth the time it takes to make it.