A casado (Spanish, "married man") is a Costa Rican meal using rice, black beans, plantains, salad, a tortilla, and an optional protein source such as chicken, beef, pork, fish, and so on.
The term may have originated when restaurant customers asked to be treated as casados, since married men ate such meals at home. Another theory is that the rice and beans and/or the grouping of dishes are married, since they are always together.
References
- "A lunchtime classic: the Costa Rican casado". The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- Helmuth, Chalene (2000). Culture and Customs of Costa Rica. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30492-7.
- Domènech, Conxita; Lema-Hincapié, Andrés (2020-09-13). Saberes con sabor: Culturas hispánicas a través de la cocina (in Spanish). Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-429-78246-6.
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