Menestra de porotos is an Ecuadorian bean stew, made with beans simmered in a sauce of onions, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, chili powder and cilantro or parsley.
This simple recipe for sweet and savory barbecue beef has a spicy rub and sauce made with chili powder, cumin, brown sugar, cayenne, garlic, and chipotle.
Pernil is pork marinated in a sauce of bitter orange juice, onion, garlic, achiote, cloves, cinnamon, cumin and panela and slow roasted in the oven for several hours.