🔍 Chifrijo (Costa Rican-Style) 🫘
📍 Seen in Costa Rica 🇨🇷
💬 Chifrijo was created in Costa Rican cantinas as a beer companion, not as a home-cooked meal. The salt, fat, and acidity are perfect for alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.
Name: Chifrijo (Costa Rican-Style)
Category: Traditional Costa Rican hot dish / bar food
Preparation: fried pork until crispy, cooked beans, fresh pico de gallo, all these layered warm, not mixed raw.
Usual Ingredients: fried pork (chicharrón), red beans, pico de gallo (tomato, onion, cilantro, lime), Avocado, tortilla chips.
Origins & History:
– Early-mid 1990s
– Cantina invention by bar owners, currently used by different sodas, casual restaurants, and tourist menus.
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