Chicharrones is a popular dish in Andalusia, Spain, and Latin America and part of the traditional cuisines of Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil (where it is called Torresmo),Peru, the Philippines and others. They are usually made with different cuts of pork, but sometimes made with ram meat. In Puerto Rico chicharrones are also made with chicken,in Argentina with beef and in Peru with chicken or fish.
The pork rind type is the skin of the pork after it has been seasoned and deep fried. In Mexico they are eaten in a taco or gordita with salsa verde. In Latin America they are eaten alone as a snack, with cachapas, as a stuffing in arepas or pupusas, or as the meat portion of various stews and soups.
In central Venezuela, chicharrones are commonly sold alongside main highways as snacks. The recipe usually produces crispy sizeable portions of pork skin with the underlying meat.
The cueritos type are also made with pork skin and marinated in vinegar instead of deep fried. They are eaten as a snack.
The pork rind type is the skin of the pork after it has been seasoned and deep fried. In Mexico they are eaten in a taco or gordita with salsa verde. In Latin America they are eaten alone as a snack, with cachapas, as a stuffing in arepas or pupusas, or as the meat portion of various stews and soups.
In central Venezuela, chicharrones are commonly sold alongside main highways as snacks. The recipe usually produces crispy sizeable portions of pork skin with the underlying meat.
The cueritos type are also made with pork skin and marinated in vinegar instead of deep fried. They are eaten as a snack.
Salsa Verde : A spicy green sauce of chopped herbs, capers and oil.
Gordita : thick tortilla made from dry corn masa or wheat flour; stuffed with meat and/or vegetable filling
Taco : Corn tortilla filled with a combination of meat, poultry, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, onion, guacamole, refried beans and salsa
Pork rind : cooked skin of a pig
I have taken a huge interest of knowing more about international cuisines so here its a start, Chicharrones~ everybody..
Enjoy reading~ I wish I have a nice picture to show you guys how it looks like but there wasn't a clear picture of it since there were so many variation to this dish but you can still look at them.. Just google~
Sorry about the picture.. it wasn't any remotely close to resemble the title of the post..Just thought of putting a picture to make it look all "better then no picture" post~
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Article taken from Wiki~
I have taken a huge interest of knowing more about international cuisines so here its a start, Chicharrones~ everybody..
Enjoy reading~ I wish I have a nice picture to show you guys how it looks like but there wasn't a clear picture of it since there were so many variation to this dish but you can still look at them.. Just google~
Sorry about the picture.. it wasn't any remotely close to resemble the title of the post..Just thought of putting a picture to make it look all "better then no picture" post~
Cheers~?!
Article taken from Wiki~
