Pork Skin With Potatoes.

Latin America is a location with a diverse population and culture. Each country and city in Latin America has its own style of cooking. This means that you can find a different way of cooking one singular dish. Due to Latin America’s diversity, there has been an abundance of dishes that have grown popular within the country. Latin America’s long history with the Spanish and their rule over the country, has brought forward new dishes. One of those dishes is pork skin with potatoes, otherwise known in Spanish as papas con cuero.

Origin

Many years ago, the Spanish ruled over certain parts of Latina America, as there were many Spanish colonies. The Spanish made their own food during their time in Latin America. They were accustomed to eating similarly to the way they ate in Spain. In one of their dishes, the Spanish used pork as the main ingredient. Pork is a commonly used type of meat in Latin America. They have incorporated it into many of their dishes. Other ways many people in Latin America consume pork is by frying the skin and eating it as a snack.

The Spanish would discard pork skin. The reasoning behind why they rarely ate pork skin was because they considered it ‘waste’. This meant they would throw away the pork skin, never to be used again. Other times they would give the pork skin to the Latin American locals. They experimented with ways to make dishes including pork skin. This might have been challenging, but Latin Americans found a way to make a delicious dish. 

The dish came to be known as pork skin with potatoes. It is known that Ecuador, more specifically, the Andes Mountains is home to more than 4,000 types of potatoes. It is no wonder why potatoes were included in the famous dish. 

Ingredients

• Pork skin

• Potatoes

• Onion

• Parsley

• Garlic

• Peanut paste

• Annatto oil

• Cumin

• Milk

These ingredients cooked together will give you a burst of flavor that you never had before. Some of the ingredients included in the pork skin with potatoes are commonly used in one way or another in other famous Latin American dishes. Give pork skin with potatoes a try.