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Panamanian cuisine is a unique mix of African, Spanish, and Native American techniques, dishes, and ingredients, reflecting its diverse population. Since Panama is a land bridge between two continents, it has a large variety of tropical fruits, vegetables and herbs that are used in native cooking. Typical Panamanian foods are mildly flavored, without the pungency of some of Panama's Latin American and Caribbean neighbors. Common ingredients are maize, rice, wheat flour, plantains, yuca (cassava), beef, chicken, pork and seafood.

Many Panamanian dishes are made out of corn. The preparation is different from that of other Latin American corn dishes (such as corn tortillas and arepas), given that the kernel is first cooked in water and then ground in order to obtain a dough (as opposed to using corn flour to obtain the dough). Fresh corn is also used in some dishes.

Some of the main specialties are:

Tortillas: These can be around ten to twelve inches in diameter (these are always cooked on a griddle), or smaller, around four inches (most of the time these are fried).
Bollos: corn dough wrapped in corn husk or plantain leaves and boiled. There are two main varieties: fresh corn bollos (bollos de maíz nuevo) and dry corn bollos. The dry corn type is sometimes flavored with butter, corn, or stuffed with beef, which is called bollo "preñado".
Torrejitas de maíz: a fresh corn fritter.
Tortilla Changa: Thick tortilla made out of fresh corn.
Almojábanos: "S" shaped corn fritters.
Empanadas: which can be made either from flour or corn, and stuffed with meats, cheese, and sometimes sweet fillings, such as fruit marmalade or manjar blanco (dulce de leche).
Hojaldres/Hojaldras:A type of fry-bread, similar to South American sopaipilla.
Patacones: twice-fried green plantain disks, known in other countries as "tostones".
Carimañola: Similar to an empanada, but made from yuca and stuffed with beef.
Arroz con camarones y coco: Rice with shrimp and coconut milk.
Arroz verde
Arroz con puerco y vegetales
Arroz con chorizo y ajíes dulces
Sancocho
Carne Entomatada
Mondongo a la culona: Stewed beef tripe.
Salpicón de carne
Lengua guisada: Stewed beef tongue.
Bistec picado: Chopped beefsteak.
Pernil de pueco al horno: Roasted pork leg.
Chorizo con vegetales
Chuletas en salsa de piña
Bistec de hígado: Liver steak.
Ropa vieja
Ceviche: commonly made from corvina
Fried fish
Ensalada de papas: Potato salad, called ensalada de feria, when beetroot is added.
Tamales
Tamal de olla
Plátano en tentacion: Ripe plantain cooked in a sweet syrup.
Tasajo- Dried, sometimes smoked meat, usually from beef though the word refers mainly to the mode of curing rather than the type of meat.

Desserts

Bocado de la reina
Cabanga
Huevitos de leche'
Manjar
Cocadas
Pesada de nance
Tres leches

Drinks

Chicha
Chicheme
Resbaladera
Ron ponche
kahlua
Sorrel (Sorrel is a drink containing sorrel sepals, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, sugar, water, and a splash of rum)
Fresh fruit juices (licuados or jugos naturales): pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, orange, tree tomato, etc. are prepared by blending fresh fruit and straining; typically heavily sweetened and optionally with condensed milk added

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