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Traditional food of Costa Rica or Comida Tipica

Estimated Reading Time: 8 Minutes You might think that the only traditional food in Costa Rica is Gallo Pinto. But Gallo Pinto is not the ONLY traditional food they have. The Spanish words traditional Costa Rican food is comida tipica Costarricense. Rice, corn, and beans are the main ingredients, but there are many vegetables here…

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La chilera and the hot sauce in Costa Rica

Do you know what a chilera is? Costa Rican cuisine offers quite a variety of vegetables.  You can purchase those at any farmers market or grocery store as you all know. What many do not know is that those vegetables are also used in one of the most important ingredients of that Costa Rican cuisine:…

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