Gallo pinto

Gallo pinto
Gallo pinto, served at breakfast with egg, cheese and a tortilla
Alternative names	Casamiento, casado (El Salvador, Honduras, parts of Nicaragua, and Guatemala), pispiote (Mexico)
Course	Breakfast and Dinner
Place of origin	Unknown
Region or state	Central America
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Rice and beans
Variations	Different kinds of meat or fish possible
Food energy (per serving)	4000 kcal (16747 kJ)
Cookbook: Gallo pinto Media: Gallo pinto

Gallo pinto or gallopinto is a traditional dish of Nicaragua and Costa Rica made with rice and red beans. Beans are quickly cooked until the juice is almost consumed.

The history of gallo pinto is not well known, and there are disputes between Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans about where the dish originated.^[1]^[2]^[3] One theory suggests that gallo pinto was brought into Latin America by African slaves that migrated into Latin America .^[4] Most Latin Americans agree that the dish is part of both countries now.

Etymology

Gallo pinto means "spotted rooster" in Spanish. The name is said to originate in the multi-colored or speckled appearance that results from cooking the rice together with black or red beans.

Variations

There are other variations of this dish. Similar dishes are known as Moros y Cristianos ("Moors and Christians") in Spain and Cuba, or just Moro. A similar dish can be found in Panama, Honduras, and in El Salvador, where it is called casados or casamiento. In the caribbean north coast of Honduras the dish is prepared using coconut milk, coriander and sometimes adding deep fried pork belly fat or Chicharrones and it is called "Rice and Beans" even in Spanish, since it was introduced to the Honduran cuisine in the northern islands of the country where the population speaks mostly English.

Variations of gallo pinto are popular in many countries close to the Caribbean.. Variations include using pigeon peas, kidney beans, or black beans in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico along with coconut milk in Puerto Rico and arroz mamposteao is another similar dish in Puerto Rico. Similar dishes exist in Colombia (calentado paisa) and even Peru (tacu tacu).

Recently, empanadas filled with gallo pinto have become a popular alternative for people who have little time to eat breakfast.

References

↑ "Nicaragua Actual -- El Gallo Pinto" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2012.
↑ "CBN -- 'De quien es el gallo pinto?'" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2012. (the first three minutes of the video are about gallo pinto)
↑ "Dennis Meléndez H. -- El gallo pinto..." (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2012.
↑ "Ambassade Costa Rica -- Gastronomía costarricense" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2012.

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Gallo pinto

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