Latin American & Caribbean Recipes Without Seed Oils

These are all 12 Latin American & Caribbean recipes on The Foodie Kitchen, each cooked with a traditional fat such as butter, ghee, tallow, lard, coconut or olive oil instead of seed oils. They are grouped by meal so you can jump straight to breakfasts, mains, sides or desserts.

Jump to: Breakfast & Brunch · Dinner & Main Dishes · Sides, Soups & Breads · Desserts & Baking

Breakfast & Brunch

• Colombian Arepas — Butter-Fried Corn Cakes — Colombian arepas — corn masa cakes pan-fried in grass-fed butter with melted cheese inside. Seed oil free. The everyday Colombian staple.

Dinner & Main Dishes

• Brazilian Churrasco — Tallow Basted Beef — Brazilian churrasco — beef skewers basted with tallow and rock salt, grilled over high heat. Seed oil free. The real rodizio technique.
• Crispy Mexican Carnitas in Beef Tallow — Seed Oil Free — Traditional carnitas use lard for the confit. Beef tallow produces an even deeper crust in the crisping phase. This is the seed oil free car
• Cuban Ropa Vieja — Shredded Beef in Tallow — Ropa vieja — Cuban shredded beef with peppers and tomatoes cooked in tallow. The national dish of Cuba. Seed oil free.
• Jamaican Jerk Chicken — Coconut Oil Marinade — Jamaican jerk chicken in coconut oil — scotch bonnet, allspice, and thyme marinade. Grilled or oven roasted. Seed oil free.
• Lard Birria Tacos — Authentic Mexican Method, Seed Oil Free — Authentic birria tacos cooked in lard the traditional Mexican way — deep red consommé, crispy tortilla, melted cheese pull. Zero seed oils.
• Lard Carnitas — Mexican Slow-Cooked Pork — Authentic Mexican carnitas — pork slow-cooked and crisped in lard. The traditional method, seed oil free. Better than any restaurant version
• Low Carb Beef Tacos in Tallow — Seed Oil Free Mexican Cooking — Seed oil free recipe from The Foodie Kitchen by Savannah Ryan.
• Peruvian Ceviche — Leche de Tigre With Coconut Oil — Peruvian ceviche is raw fish 'cooked' in lime juice with ají amarillo, red onion, and coriander. The leche de tigre (tiger's milk) — the mar
• Peruvian Lomo Saltado — Tallow Beef Stir Fry — Lomo saltado — Peruvian beef and tomato stir fry in tallow served over rice and chips. Seed oil free. The Chifa fusion classic.

Sides, Soups & Breads

• Lard Flour Tortillas — Seed Oil Free Mexican Staple — Lard flour tortillas — soft, pliable, deeply flavoured. No vegetable shortening, no canola. The traditional Mexican method. Seed oil free.

Desserts & Baking

• Colombian Arroz Con Leche in Butter — Rice Pudding — Arroz con leche is Latin America's beloved rice pudding — short-grain rice slow-cooked in full-fat milk with butter, cinnamon, and condensed