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Dominican Republic : Top 10 Snacks

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1. Pastelitos

Small but tasty pasties or turnovers filled with a savoury center of minced beef, chicken or cheese.
2. Empanadas

A similar deep-fried turnover filled with meat or cheese but here it is made with yucca flour.
3. Quipes

Another standard street snack, featuring Middle East-inspired cracked wheat rissoles stuffed with meat.
4. Yaniqueques

A local distortion of Johnny Cakes, this version is a sort of fried round corn bread served hot.
5. Chicharones

Deep-fried pieces of crunchy pork rind or crackling, sometimes chicken pieces are also used.
6. Chimichurris

A more hearty snack of slices of pork cut from a joint and eaten in a sandwich.
7. Batatas

Baked sweet potatoes are cooked over embers and scooped out of the skin. Can be eaten either hot or cold.
8. Fritos Maduros

A Dominican version of fries, these are chunks of deep-fried ripe plantain, sprinkled with a little salt.
9. Tostones

Fried plantains again, but of the unripe type and more savoury, fried once, flattened, and refried.
10. Coconut Water

Drunk through a hole in the soft green coconut and sold almost everywhere, this is an incredibly refreshing drink to beat the heat.