Cuban cuisine - wikipedia Cuban cuisine This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( June 2016 ) Part of a series on Life in Cuba Art Censorship Cinema Cuisine Culture Demographics Education Health Holidays Human Rights Literature Music Politics Propaganda Religion Tourism Arroz con pollo ( rice with chicken ) Cuban cuisine is a blend of Native American Taino food, Spanish, African, and Caribbean cuisines. Some Cuban recipes share spices and techniques with Spanish and African cooking, with some Caribbean influence in spice and flavor. This results in a blend of the several different cultural influences, with strong similarities with the cuisine of the neighboring Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. A small but noteworthy Chinese influence can also be accounted for, mainly in the Havana area. There is also some Italian influence. During colonial times, Cuba was an important port for trade, and many Spaniards who lived there brought their culinary traditions with them Contents 1 Overview 2 Cuban sandwich 3 List of Cuban dishes and foods 4 List of Cuban drinks 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links Overview As a result of the colonization of Cuba by Spain, one of the main influences on the cuisine is from Spain. Other culinary influences include Africa, from the Africans that were brought to Cuba as slaves, and French, from the French colonists that came to Cuba from Haiti. Another factor is that Cuba is an island, making seafood something that greatly influences Cuban cuisine. Another contributing factor to Cuban cuisine is that Cuba is in a tropical climate, which produces fruits and root vegetables that are used in Cuban dishes and meals. A typical meal consists of rice and beans, cooked together or apart. When cooked together the recipe is called `` congri '' or `` Moros '' or `` Moros y Cristianos '' ( black beans and rice ). If cooked separately it is called `` arroz con frijoles '' ( rice with beans ) or `` arroz y frijoles '' ( rice and beans ). Cuban sandwich It has been suggested that this article be merged into Cuban sandwich. ( Discuss ) Proposed since March 2018. A typical Cuban sandwich ( picture from South Florida ) A Cuban sandwich ( sometimes called a mixto, especially in Cuba ) is a popular lunch item that grew out of the once - open flow of cigar workers between Cuba and Florida ( specifically Key West and the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa ) in the late 1800s and has since spread to other Cuban American communities. The sandwich is built on a base of lightly buttered Cuban bread and contains sliced roast pork, thinly sliced Serrano ham, Swiss cheese, dill pickles, and yellow mustard. In Tampa, Genoa salami is traditionally layered in with the other meats, probably due to influence of Italian immigrants who lived side - by - side with Cubans and Spaniards in Ybor City. Tomatoes and lettuce are available additions in many restaurants, but these are considered by traditionalists as an unacceptable Americanization of the sandwich. After assembly, the Cuban sandwich may be pressed in a grooveless panini - type grill called a plancha, which both heats and compresses the contents. List of Cuban dishes and foods Ropa vieja ( shredded flank steak in a tomato sauce base ), black beans, yellow rice, plantains and fried yuca with beer Arroz con leche Arroz con maiz Arroz con pollo Batido Bistec de Palomilla Boliche Buñuelo Butifarra Camarones Chivirico Croqueta Cucurucho Dulce de leche Empanada Flan de calabaza Flan de coco Flan de guayaba Flan de huevos Frijoles negros Frita Fufú de Plátano Guayaba Medianoche Mermelada Mojo Criollo Morcilla Moros y Cristianos Natilla Papa rellena Papitas fritas Pasteles Picadillo Platano maduro frito Pudín de pan Pulpeta Ropa vieja Sandwich Cubano Sopa de pollo Tamale Tortilla de patatas Tostada Tostones Tres leches cake Turrones Vaca Frita Yuca con mojo Yuca frita List of Cuban drinks Two Cuba Libres Cuba Libre -- Rum, Coca - Cola, sugar, and lime Daiquiri El Presidente Guarapo -- juice made from pressed sugar cane Hatuey beer Havana Cooler -- Rum, mint, sprite or ginger ale Ironbeer Malta ( soft drink ) -- malt beverage Materva Mojito -- Rum, mint, sugar, lime, and club soda Jupina - pineapple soda See also Food portal Cuba portal Caribbean cuisine Flattop grill References Jump up ^ Rodriguez, H. `` Cuban Food Profile : Cuban Food History '' Jump up ^ Rodriguez, H. `` Cuban Food Profile : Cuban Food History '' Jump up ^ Murray, J. Cuban Cuisine, Cuba History and Their Food Jump up ^ `` Cuban Black Beans and Rice - Frijoles Negros ''. iCuban.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Authentic Cuban Sandwich Restaurants in Tampa and Miami ''. Visit Florida. Retrieved 13 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Tampabay : To each, his own sandwich ''. www.SPTimes.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sink teeth into quest for best Cuban sandwich ''. MiamiHerald.com. 15 August 2010. Jump up ^ `` '' Welcome to Cuban Sandwich City '' - Cigar City Magazine ``. CigarCityMagazine.com. 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Tampa history is traced in its sandwich ''. TBO.com. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2017. Jump up ^ Three Guys From Miami ( n.d. ). `` Sandwich Cubano / Cuban Sandwich ''. iCuban website. Jump up ^ Otto, Steve ( 24 October 2007 ). `` Cuban Is Ours, Any Way You Try To Slice It ''. The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Jump up ^ Stern, Jane and Michael ( 2009 ). 500 Things to Eat before It 's Too Late and the Very Best Places to Eat Them. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978 - 0 - 547 - 05907 - 5. Bibliography Aróstegui, Gonzalo, et al. : Manual del Cocinero Criollo, Cuba, 19th century. Buchmann, Christine. `` Cuban Home Gardens and Their Role in Social -- Ecological Resilience. '' Human Ecology : An Interdisciplinary Journal 37.6 ( 2009 ) : 705 - 721. 16 Jan. 2010. Cancio - Bello, Carla. `` The Growing Popularity of Cuban Cuisine. '' ( 2012 ) : http://www.cubancuisine.co.uk Folch, Christine. `` Fine Dining : Race in Prerevolution Cookbooks. '' Latin American Research Review 43.2 ( 2008 ) : 205 - 223. 3 Feb. 2010. Hunt, Nigel. `` The Agriculture History in Cuba. '' Cuba Agriculture. 2008. Web. 11 Feb 2010. Murray, James. `` Cuban Cuisine, Cuba History and Their Food. '' 2009. Articlesbase. Web. 16 January 2010. Reyes Gavilán y Maen, Maria Antonieta : Delicias de la mesa. Manual de Cocina y Reposteria, 12ed., Ediciones Cultural S.A., La Habana, 1952. Rodriguez, Hector. `` Cuban Food Profile : Cuban Food History. '' 2010. Latinfood.about.com. Web 16 January 2010. Villapol, Nitza : Cocina Cubana, 3ed., ISBN 959 - 05 - 0042 - 0, Editorial Cientifico - Técnica, Habana, 1992. Warwick, Hugh. `` Cuba 's Organic Revolution. '' Forum for Applied Research & Public Policy 16 : 2 ( 2001 ) : 54 - 58. 27 Feb. 2010. Historical aspects of Cuban cuisine Brenner, Philip, Jimenez, Marguerite, Kirk, John, and Leo Grunde, William. A Contemporary Cuba Reader : Reinventing the Revolution. Rowman and Littlefield Publication. 2008. Harpers Weekly. Starvation in Cuba. The New York Times : May 30, 1897. Hernandez, Rafael. Looking at Cuba : Essays on Culture and Civil Society. University of Florida Press, 2003. P. 101 Houston, Lynn Marie. Food Culture Around the World : Food Culture in the Caribbean. Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, 2005. Pg. 115 - 116. Maria Josefa Lluria de O'Higgins. A Taste of Old Cuba : More Than 150 Recipes for Delicious, Authentic, and Traditional Dishes Highlighted with Reflections and Reminiscences. New York : Harper Collins Publisher. 1994. Pieroni, Andrea and Price, Lisa L. Eating and Healing : Traditional Food as Medicine. New York, 2006. Haworth Press Inc. Randelman, Mary U. and Schwartz, Joan, Memories of a Cuban Kitchen : More than 200 classic recipes. New York : Macmillan. 1992. 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Question: what type of food is cuba known for
Answer: a blend of Native American Taino food, Spanish, African, and Caribbean cuisines