Typical Food Of Panama

The cuisine of Panama shares many characteristics with the food of Latin American countries and involves lots of corn, seafood, shellfish and fish, healthy vegetables as well as fruits also. Even a lot of herbs and varieties of spices

The typical Food in Panama with all its variations is indeed exotic

Types of Cuisine of Panama are:

• Carimanola: Carimañola is basically a roll, which is made from ground and boiled yucca and stuffed with minced meat and boiled eggs and then fried. 

• Tortillas: are made with ground maize and then fried like pancakes. Empanadas are like Cornish pastries prepared from flour or other forms of corn pastries. They are generally filled with cheese, chicken or even meat.

• Patacones: Patacones are green fried plantains that are cut cross-ways into pieces and served after frying. 

• Tamales is a popular local delicacy of Panama. It is made from boiled and ground corn with spices, chicken or pork being stuffed inside and boiled after wrapping it in a banana leaf. 

• Tajadas is basically a ripe plantain cut in slices length-ways and baked with cinnamon.