Main dishes

Especialidades de la Casa / El Cocotero's Specialties

Pabellon Criollo ( Venezuelan national dish )

White rice, black beans, sweet plantain and a selection of El Cocotero's homemade stews:

Carne Mechada

Shredded flank steak

19

Cazon

Shredded white fish

17

Pollo Mechado

Roasted chicken

15

Vegetariano

Vegetarian

15

Hallaca

Venezuelan style corn tamale, stuffed with a stew of chicken, beef, pork, olives, raisins, capers, wrapped in banana leaves, served with a venezuelan's style potato salad

18

Chivo en Coco

Stewed young goat in a coconut red and green pepper sauce, rice, tostones and black beans

18

Camarones Cocotero

Sauteed shrimp in cilantro pesto, crispy green plantains (tostones) over green salad

19

Churrasco

Grilled 12oz loin strip steak with yucca mash and salad

23

Asado Negro

Slow braised eye round beef cooked in red wine, onions and panela served with rice, beans and tostones

19

Pernil Horneado o Chuletas al Horno

Roasted pork or pork chops with rice, beans, sweet plantains or salad and tostones

18

Bistec Encebollado

Sauteed skirt steak with onions, yucca mash and salad

19

Pasta con Salsa de Caraotas Negras

Slow braised black beans in a tomatoes based sauce over farfalle pasta

13

La Bandeja Doña Barbara

Grilled beef, crackling pork rind, fried egg, rice, red beans, sweet plantain, chorizo and avocado

23

Pollo al Horno

Orange glazed, slow roasted chicken, fried yucca, green pepper mojo and green salad

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