Region
What Latin America & the Caribbean cooks with
63 ingredients from the guide appear in the 49 catalogued dishes of Latin America & the Caribbean, in The Americas. The most typical come first: used here often, and less so elsewhere.
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Most typical of Latin America & the Caribbean
A–Z
Every ingredient in Latin America & the Caribbean’s dishes

Almond
1 dish here

Annatto
2 dishes here

Banana
1 dish here

Bay leaf
1 dish here

Beef
4 dishes here

Bell pepper
2 dishes here

Black pepper
2 dishes here

Blood
1 dish here

Cabbage
2 dishes here

Caper
1 dish here

Cassava root
1 dish here

Cheese
5 dishes here

Chicharrón
1 dish here

Chicken
3 dishes here

Chili pepper
3 dishes here

Chili powder
1 dish here

Chorizo
1 dish here

Cocoa bean
1 dish here

Coconut milk
1 dish here

Cocoyam
1 dish here

Corn tortilla
7 dishes here

Cornmeal
1 dish here

Cream
1 dish here

Cumin seed
2 dishes here

Dough
1 dish here

Egg
1 dish here

Fish
1 dish here

Fresh cheese
1 dish here

Garlic
7 dishes here

Grouper
1 dish here

Ham
1 dish here

Hot sauce
1 dish here

Lard
3 dishes here

Lettuce
1 dish here

Liver
1 dish here

Maize flour
1 dish here

Milk
1 dish here

Minced meat
1 dish here

Olive
2 dishes here

Onion
10 dishes here

Panela
1 dish here

Paprika
1 dish here

Parsley
1 dish here

Pork
1 dish here

Raisin
1 dish here

Rice
1 dish here

Salsa
1 dish here

Shrimp
1 dish here

Soy sauce
1 dish here

Stock
1 dish here

Sugar
1 dish here

Table salt
2 dishes here

Tapioca
2 dishes here

Tomato
5 dishes here

Tortilla
5 dishes here

Tripe
1 dish here

Ulluco
1 dish here

Vegetable oil
1 dish here

Vinegar
2 dishes here

Water
1 dish here

Wheat tortilla
4 dishes here

White wine
1 dish here

Wine
2 dishes here
Photo credits for this page (63)
Tortilla: Erik Cleves Kristensen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Annatto: Grupo Colombio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lard: Ssemmanda will · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wine: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cumin seed: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Olive: Juan Emilio Prades Bel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bell pepper: Ssilvestori at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vinegar: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cabbage: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Almond: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Banana: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bay leaf: Χρήστης:Andrikkos / The original uploader was Andrikkos at Greek Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Beef: F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blood: Urci dream · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Caper: James F. Carter · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Cassava root: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicharrón: Xemenendura · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chicken: Sakurai Midori · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chili pepper: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chili powder: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chorizo: Horacio Cambeiro · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cocoa bean: കാക്കര · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Coconut milk: Meursault2004 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cocoyam: Dorcas Atule · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cornmeal: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cream: Miia Ranta from Finland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Egg: Flixtey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fish: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fresh cheese: E4024 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garlic: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Grouper: Eneas De Troya from Mexico City, México · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ham: Renee Comet (Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Hot sauce: Veganbaking.net from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lettuce: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Liver: Poupou l'quourouce · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Maize flour: Miansari66 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Milk: Santeri Viinamäki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Minced meat: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Panela: Jdvillalobos · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Paprika: Gnu-Bricoleur · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Parsley: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pork: Father.Jack from Coventry, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rice: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Salsa: goblinbox_(queen_of_ad_hoc_bento) from Minneapolis, MN, US · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Shrimp: Gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Soy sauce: Tim Reckmann from Hamm, Deutschland · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stock: Gloria Cabada-Leman · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sugar: Lauri Andler (Phantom) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Table salt: Dubravko Sorić SoraZG on Flickr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tapioca: orphanjones from Berkeley, California · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tripe: Biskuit from Atlanta, GA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ulluco: Nzfauna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable oil: Netojinn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Water: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
White wine: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons