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Panama is home to a brilliant cuisine that everybody should be enjoying regularly!
Seriously, the Central American country of Panama is home to a fantastically diverse and delicious range of foods the likes of which you won’t get anywhere else.
Part of the reason for this fantastic range is that Panama is itself filled with various cultural influences, with residents from Africa, China, Spain, India, and more all moving there over time.
As a result, each brought their own cuisines and styles, and they all molded together to make Panamanian cuisine: full of diverse flavors and ingredients.
Naturally, with so much great Panamanian food out there, there’s plenty of delicious breakfast dishes for you to try.
In our delicious guide below, we’ve got the 10 best Panamanian breakfasts you need to try.
Start your day off with these tantalizingly tasty treats from Panama!
We’re starting our list off with patacones, which are also referred to as tostones.
Put simply, these fantastic Panamanian breakfast snacks are fried green plantains. If you’ve never come across a plantain before, it’s like a starchier banana.
When the plantain is green, you’ll find that it’s less sweet than a regular banana, but it grows sweeter when it’s ripe or cooked.
These fried green plantains couldn’t be easier, making them a simple and quick Panama breakfast to throw together.
All you’ll need is the green plantains, frying oil, and a little salt!
The green plantains are carefully prepared according to the recipe, then fried until they turn golden brown. Delicious! Better still, you can serve them with a dip.
Our next pick is a tasty Panamanian breakfast dish that’s fantastically quick and easy to make, requiring just 4 ingredients.
If you’re in a hurry, but still want something flavorful and fun, then this is the ideal Panamanian dish to throw together in the morning!
Essentially, these are curly treats made out of corn and cheese.
To make them, you’ll need pre-cooked yellow cornmeal, fresh white cheese, water, and salt.
Oh, and of course some oil for frying! They should take just 15 minutes to prepare and cook, and then they serve perfectly with coffee – or extra cheese!
Kids will especially love these cheesy treats, thanks to their fun shapes. They look like little yellow snakes!
Delicious cases packed with mouth watering fillings seems to be a theme for Panamanian breakfasts, because this next recipe offers another great one!
Arepas are fried pockets of cornmeal that are packed with fillings and flavor, making for a fabulously hearty breakfast to keep you going until lunch.
You can pick your fillings, but the recipe has a recommended mix. It includes sweet potatoes, a great choice, as well as pulled pork or shredded chicken.
Meanwhile, Cotija cheese helps add some gooey cheesiness to your breakfast, and black beans add some creaminess.
Our next pick for a tasty Panamanian breakfast is cocadas, which are essentially coconut cookies (or macaroons) made with delicious coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and just a few other ingredients.
They’re very easy to make, taking just 5 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook, making them ideal for throwing together on a sleepy morning!
Besides the shredded coconut and the sweetened condensed milk, you’ll also need vanilla extract, an egg, and some macadamia nuts.
Coconut already has a pretty sweet and nutty flavor, and the inclusion of macadamia nuts gives it just a subtle added edge of nuttiness on top of that!
By the end, you’ll love these sweet, crumbly, and soft coconut cookies.
