Cooking Panama
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The country's national dish is sancocho, spicy chicken and vegetable stew. Sopa vieja (old soup) is a spicy beef dish served with rice. You can eat excellent seafood on the coast. They are usually served with coconut sauce. In the streets, you will have empanadas - fried meat pies or, for dessert, a platano maduro - a banana fried in butter and sprinkled over with cane sugar. Chichas are excellent - slightly watered down fruit juices.