8.2. El Sazón R.D. This counter-service spot in Chinatown layers their viral Dominican smashburger with a formidable slice of queso blanco, fried to a crisp golden brown.

Pass around the chicharrones de pollo, chopped chicken leg quarters fried until golden, or share the garlic marinated fried pork chunks. Both are good with a mound of rice and bowl of soupy red beans.

INSTRUCTIONS. Place onion slices in a bowl with 1/2 cup of vinegar and a pinch of salt. Reserve for later. Season the meat with lime juice, garlic powder, oregano, salt, and pepper.

Ceviche Dominicano de Cerdo Res. It's not what it sounds like, but it's also exactly what it sounds like. Chicharrón is given ...

But the Dominican version adds great quantities of cilantro to the garlic-oregano seasoning blend. The baroque concoction, loaded with long-simmered beef chunks, pork chunks, green plantains and a ...

This is my take on the “fried pork sandwich” served at Tina’s Cuban Cuisine in New York. It’s one of the best ways to utilize leftover roasted pork shoulder. Chunks of leftover meat are ...

Tambora makes theirs the Dominican way, with fried and crispy pork-skin chicharron mixed in with the mound of plantain, and jumbo shrimp perched atop it. The secret extra twist, ...