Hangover and Drinking Food

In this page I'm Including a list of food I personally find great to eat when I have a Hangover or after I drink before going to sleep. This food has proven to me to be the best way to lessen the effect of drinking. Seafood is the main category, but you will find other type of food that work well too. I diviced it into Hangover Food ( what to eat when you wake up with a Hangover) and Drinking Food (what to eat after you finish drinking before going to sleep). Buen Provecho! (Bon apetite).

Hangover Food

Caldo de Manguera.- A delicious soup made of pig intestines stuffed with blood and rice.
Ceviche.- We call ceviche to a number of seafood dishes prepared in a similar way, usually it consists of raw (or lightly cooked) shellfish with lemon. Altough there is also a peruvian food called "ceviche", this is a totally diferent food. Ecuadorian Ceviche is Diferent and is original from Here, the only thing they have in common is the name. My favorites are Concha Prieta (Black clam, Anadara tuberculosa), Mussel (Mytilus spp.), Ostión (a small oyster Crassostrea columbiensis), Ostra ( a big Oyster C. iridescens), Shrimp (Penaeus vannamei), Fish (white fleshed preferably), Lobster (Panilurus spp.), squid (Loligo spp.), Octopus (Octupus spp.) Churo (a sea - snail), Red Mangrove Crab (Ulcides occidentalis) etc.
Encebollado.- Also known as Languriango, this is a delicious soup made of yellow fin Tuna (Tunus albacares) and Yuca. Maybe the world's best pick me up for a Hangover.
Bollos de pescado.- Verde (the same banana but green), Peanut and fish, wrapped in a banana leaf.
Cazuela.- A dish made with verdes, peanuts and fish (or seafood), served in a clay pot.
Caldo de Pata.- A soup made with Pig foot and mote (a kind of white corn).
Caldo de Bola de verde.- Ball soup, made with Verde balls stuffed with meat and peanut. Difficult to prepare but VERY GOOD.
Caldo de Cabeza de Bagre.- A Catfish soup, made with catfish, peanut, yuca and verde.
Caldo de Burra.- Literally it means "Donkey soup", but it really is fresh water shrimp (Machrobracbium spp.) soup, with Yuca, verde and peanut. A good Aphrodisiac.
Sopa de Ostiones.- Oyster soup
Ostiones.- Small Manrove oysters, raw with lemon.
Chupe de Pescado.- A fish soup
Sopa Marinera.- A seafood Soup

Drinking Food

Guatita.- This is cow stomach (librillo, guatita, panza, callos) with potatoes and peanut sauce. Mmmm! Sounds Delicious , well maybe not, but it sure tastes that way, believe me, try my quick recipe and tell me later.
Cangrejo Criollo.- Red Mangrove crab Ulcides occidentalis, prepared with a special seasoning, and you eat it with some really good extras and a lot of beer. This crab doesn't taste a bit like the blue crab (Jaiba or Callinectis sapidus) most of you know. The taste isn't as delicate, it's more savory. The best thing in a cangrejada is too eat it with your friends and start fighting over who gets the crabs with the biggest claws. Try my special recipe.
Arroz con Menestra y carne Asada.- Rice with beans and meat. Eat it with patacones (thickly sliced green bananas, taken out smashed and fried again) or chifles (thinly sliced fried green banana)
Bandera.- This is not a dish per se but more a free style combination of several dishes and rice, my favorite bandera is Guatita, Ceviche de concha, ceviche de camaron and ensalada de cangrejo (crab salad).
Banderin.- A small bandera with just 2 dishes (ex: Guata and Concha or Cazuela y Camaron)
Fritada.- Pork fired in it's own grease with mote, the recipe is a little different and the taste is WOW!, try it.
Concha Asada.- Black clam (Anadara tuberculosa), broiled over charcoal.
Pescado Frito.- Fried Fish with Rice and Patacones.
Aguado de Gallina.- A stew made with chicken and rice.
Arroz con Pollo.- Rice with chicken, a traditional dish on parties, It's easy to make and not expensive, and it gives mass to your stomach so you can puke easily.
Seco de Pollo.- A stew-like chicken. Served with rice.
Caldo de Gallina Criolla.- Country chicken soup. WOW!, if this doesen't takes the alcohol out of your body nothing will.

Well that's all for now, in the future I'll be adding more recipes, If you have a good one yourself, please send it to me