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rondón

Also spelled: run down · rundown

Definition

A coconut-milk stew of fish or meat with root vegetables and plantain, cooked until everything falls apart. The signature dish of Afro-Antillean cooking on Panama's Caribbean coast.

Example

You have to order rondón ahead; it isn't quick to make.El rondón hay que pedirlo con tiempo, no se hace rápido.

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Where it is used
Bocas del Toro, Colón
Currency
in use today
Origin
Del inglés caribeño "run down", por la cocción hasta deshacerse.

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