Popular Foods In
Paraguay

"Past Tradition in Paraguayan Cuisine"

From all indications, those in Paraguay are as into their beef as they are their spicy food. They seem to enjoy all methods of creating dishes that include beef of all types.

Beef Soup for example, ground sirloin or round steak, delicious and popular foods in Paraguay. Another one of the traditional and popular foods in Paraguay is a dish called Bori-Bori with its beef shank, a very nice cut of beef sprinkled with tasty spices.

And Milanesa, still another one of the very popular foods in Paraguay is a version of beef in a recipe certain to delight the senses and tantalize your taste buds.

With these recipes comes a bit of folk wisdom from those in Paraguay. The So’O Yo-Sopy or beef soup has a superstition incorporated in its creation. He, or she, who does not enjoy cooking yet stands in a kitchen where this soup is being created, it is said that this will spoil the soup.

This sounds quite a lot like the adage about too many cooks in the kitchen; regardless that this would be considered the opposite sentiment.

The best part about all of these Hispanic recipes is that they would serve no less than four and sometimes as many as twenty. That’s what makes Hispanic culture so creative; they always seem to be prepared for visitors.

Of these recipes, Bori-Bori looks very interesting in that it has dumplings. The dumplings themselves are quite interesting as well. Creating cornmeal dumplings instead of the use of flour makes for definitive and distinctive textures.

The Milanesa makes for an interesting subject as well. The reason being that this recipe has the meat first breaded and then deep fried. For some, deep frying beef is a unique subject to pursue.

Yet, for those in Paraguay, it would be quite the ordinary occasion for a meal to have their beef breaded and deep fried as some would manage chicken or fish; texture, which would be unlike many others in its creativity, its flavor and its uniqueness.