What is the national meal/food of Costa Rica?

Question

I'm doing a project in Spanish class and I need to find out the most common meal (or national meal/food) of Costa Rica...Thanks

Answer 1

Gallo Pinto would likely be the most common meal.Below is a link about the food in Costa Rica and a recipe that may help you with your research.

http://www.vacationcity.com/costa-rica/c...

Gallo Pinto Recipe:

http://www.costa-rica-guide.com/travel/i...

Answer 2

Costa Rica shares the same national dish that Nicaragua has. It is called Gallo Pinto. In Nicaragua it is commonly written as "gallopinto". In Costa Rica gallopinto is a mixture of black beans mixed with rice. Many times lizano sauce is added along with some vegetables. In Nicaragua gallopinto is a mixture of red beans and rice and sometimes onion. Something interesting about this dish is the way the costa ricans and Nicaraguans prepare it on the Caribbean coast. What they do is they cook the gallopinto in either coconut oil or add grated coconut to the dish. Both countries claim the dish originated in their country, but its only obvious Nicaraguans did and when they started migrating to Costa Rica is when they introduced it to them.

Answer 3

I will have to say the most commons foods are 2: in the breakfast times we eat " Gallo Pinto" that is a very typical food and is basically made from rice and beans,mixed together with some other ingredients like onion, green and red pepper. Every Costarican enjoys Gallo Pinto in the morning. And for lunch, we have the Casado, which is basically a dish that has rice, beans (separated- not like Gallo Pinto), a meat (chicken, beef, pork or fish) and a picadillo ( which is mixed chopped vegetables green beans, carrots, " chayote" or potatoes, and corn) plus salad. Some people also add eggs, pasta, and corn tortillas. At lunch time, we enjoy a natural juice, the water is not so common: mango, papaya, blackberry, "cas", pineapple, passion fruit, etc.