Our communities are known to put a spin on anything and everything to make us feel closer to our culture, and Thanksgiving, especially, is no different. There’s no Latine Thanksgiving without a little twist on the typical side dishes served.
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This Thanksgiving, incorporate a Latin American twist with these seven dishes:
Considered the national dish of Puerto Rico, arroz con gandules is the perfect side dish to fill you up and ensure the set table represents your heritage. It’s also relatively easy to make, which is good during a hectic cooking day. You only need rice, pigeon peas, some pork and vegetables, and herbs for the sofrito. You’re ready! You can get all the ingredients you need delivered from Target with DoorDash.
A good Thanksgiving table will have something crunchy to nibble on, and chicharrones–fried skin-on pork belly–are the perfect addition. You can even bake them if you want them to be a little healthier—and a tad crunchier! That may make that prima who is always on a diet more likely to try them. You need skin-on pork belly, which you can get from H Mart delivered through DoorDash. Make sure you make enough because they’ll fly fast!
Is there a better way to eat corn? If there is, we don’t want to hear about it. Grilled Mexican Street Corn will win at any Latine household. And they’re a great side to add different flavors to your Thanksgiving meal. All you need is the corn, cotija cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic, cilantro, and powdered chile. Super easy to make and sure to satisfy the younger primos and the older tios alike. Order ingredients from Ideal Food Basket through DoorDash. Create a new tradition by enlisting the younger members of your family to help you spread the sauce over the elotes.
If you’ve got more time and want a side that will be filling enough for whoever doesn’t want to overeat, feijoada is the perfect dish. You can cook this bean stew with beef and/or pork to your preference and double as a meal. You can get all the ingredients delivered through DoorDash–or you don’t have to make it yourself! When your prima compliments it, don’t tell her you got it from Copacabana Grill. We’ll keep your secrets.
Another quick dish to make your Thanksgiving table feel like home is tajadas (fried sweet plantains). You can order the ripe plantains from Ctown Supermarket, and all you’ll have to do is cut them into slices and fry them in a bit of oil. It’s so easy and delicious that you’ll want to make a fair amount. Tajadas go with everything, and no one can eat only a couple.
Potatoes are a staple of Thanksgiving. You can make many potato dishes during Thanksgiving, but none quite like Papa a la Huancaína, which is potatoes with a creamy spice sauce made of queso fresco and vegetables. This one’s guaranteed to impress everyone, and you can get its ingredients at BJ’s Wholesale Club. Mama might even ask for the recipe.
Every Thanksgiving menu deserves something sweet, and arroz con leche is the perfect dessert. This rice pudding includes water or milk, sugar and usually cinnamon. Some people even add raisins, but that’s a preference. It keeps very well, so you can make it ahead of time and store it. However you want to make it, abuela will love it.
