Mira nene You are my Pastelon. Thanks so much for this awesome video. 😋❤👍🐰💪💪🤠🥇🥇

Hey bro you are now my Puerto Rican Culinary Pastor because you saved my cooking life! Made a few of your dishes for my family and they all came out perfect and to my Puerto Rican liking just like the old school cooking. Thank you so much for what you are doing for transplanted New Yoricans like me, keep up the good work.

Just subbed to the channel. Today I tried this recipe, because I have high blood pressure, I baked the plantain instead of frying, brushed with the achiote oil for color. And I loved it. TY

I freaking love you too. I'm so glad I found your channel. I've been in Georgia 30years. I miss my Puerto Rican family, food, life so much. Your videos bring my mind right back home. Thank you. Keep making videos.👍🇵🇷💪🤗❤️😷🙏

Love this man...My family and I sent to his restaurant this past May, and he was kind enough to say hello to us. My family fell in love with Derek, such a sweet man. The food we ordered was amazing, absolutely delicious. I only wish he would happen a place here in South Florida.

I love you, my husband is Puerto Rican from Caguas. I've made the tembleque and it was a hit. Gracias mi amor por todo. Can't wait to make this and the pionono.

I love how you show-and-tell your directions. Thank you! I can't wait to make this!

We always add green beans and corn to our. It's delicious and you get your veggies

So glad I found you... Now I can make different kinds of meals besides Arroz habichuelas y carne on a daily basic lolz

Just found you today.I'm so happy!! I'm a white girl married to a Puerto Rican. I'm a really good cook, mostly Italian dishes but now I cant wait to make some of his favorite dishes!!

Im mexican but i love puerto rican food i actually made pastelon couple weeks ago it came out soo goood…

This looks so easy and yummy, gonna make it this coming week! Thanks for all your recipes, I married into a Puerto Rican family and also fell in love with their food! These videos make it easy for me to cook my husband's favorite foods!

Thank u for all the positive things u did for Puerto Rico...

I think you're adorable and you and your husband make a gorgeous couple! I love learning your dishes! Especially when you use Spanish words for the English words, helps me to learn Spanish. Then I am able to converse with my friends who speak very little English...Thank you love! x

I love watching this man cook he is so on point.. Just the way I cook as well.....

I like to thank you for posting the foods that i once grew up eating. My Grandmother & Mama,passed many moons ago ,and along with there Talent.... I will now continue the taste of my childhood. I will be making my own Sofrito'' also. Thanks to the Freakin Rican. #1

Great teaching video. Thank you,thank you,thank you!!!!!!

Love your videos Sir! I can finally learn to cook the dishes I ate in my childhood neighborhood- El Barrio East 100st. Thanks!!

That looks absolutely fantastic!

I want this sooooo bad right now!!! You have great mannerisms, very easy to listen to. Like the little flash of smile around 14:23. Thank you for the making these and for inspiring us to cook!!

I made this last year at home and I’m about to make it for my friends for thanksgiving ❤ thank you for the easy to follow simple video!!!

My grandmother wouldn’t make it with the mozzarella, but I do! I make it a little different 😊 TFS

I love this recipe. It's the only one we use.

We love you back!! Gracias Boricua :) The pastelon was AMAZING!! We make our picadillo Cuban Style. Maybe you should include the Puerto Rican Ground beef for those who don't know how.

no green beans. He is spot on with the cheese. Everybody loves cheese. Yummy

Me encanta tu cocina y tu dulce personalidad,paisano.Dios te bendiga.

All my husband's military co-workers love your recipe ❤ They always request for me to bring this dish to all the potlucks 😊 Thank you so much, you're a blessing!

I love how well you cook and keep the stove clean👍. That looks so yummy 😋. I think I am going to make one for my family for Sunday dinner . Thank you 😊

i am making this right now. i will get your sofrito from the store when i come eat. my meat didn't look dry like yours. thanks. much love.

So tasty. Dios te Bendiga

I'm trying this today, it's acually in my oven right now, 23 more min :)

It looks yummy.!! I will cook this for the holiday..Pure Puerto Rican food, love this channel

Just started watching your videos today I subscribed and I will be watching more this is one of my favorite dishes and now thanks to you I can make it delicious 😋 thanks so much I hope you have videos showing how to make rice and gandules and yucca and purtorican style pork my favorite ❤️

Love your channel. You're so efficient

Hubby wanted a Rican meal, first time I'm gonna make this thanks for sharing this recipe. DALE

Happy 🎉New Year..2024.. I 💕 your food❤

Hi I been watching different videos on Puertorican food and I like your Chanel , , I like the way you explain , so thank you very much and I am going to suscribe , saludos desde Las Vegas 👏❤️😇

definitely my favorite dish

AWESOME ! I haven't eaten that in decades. My Mom, God rest her Soul, use to make it back in the day. Now that I'm viewing this great clip, I'm gonna do it. The Freakin Chef, makes it look like child's play. Perhaps with a little patients on my part, my wife and I can give it go. Muchas Gracias, hermanito...

Omg.. Where have you been all my life.. I've been learning how to make all my Puerto Rican dishes from other youtubers. But no one compares to you... I can't get enough or watching you and I can't wait to try out some of your dishes. Thank you.

Buen provecho and thanks for sharing 🥰

This looks amazing!!!!

Look delicious.

I'm drooling. I'm definitely gonna make this omg! Thank you for your recipes!

They way I do it well the way my grandmother taught me. Add green beans between and sometimes she would use cheese... Maybe it's different for different parts of Puerto Rico or the way back in day lol

HI MY IS DAMARIS I WAS BORN IN PUERTO RICO I LIVED IN FLORIDA FOR ABOUT 34 YEARS I MOVED TO BOISE IDAHO IN 2015 WITH MY DAUHTER AND MY GRANDSON, I LOVE THE WAY THAT YOU EXPLAIN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOUR MOTHER BECAUSE SHE DID A GOOD JOB THE WAY THAT RAISE YOU, YOU'RE A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL PERSON. IN EVERYWHERE THAT I LIVE I FOLLOW MY TRADITIONS I COOK BORICUA GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND IAM YOUR #1 FAN📯📯📯📯🎺🎺🎺

It's a must I have to make it. A smaller version because it's just me.

lol You funny, "This is a twin" , is true. me encanta que tu cocina esta limpia, no comeria en una cocina que este sucia. aunque estes cocinando no hay porque tener la esrufa sucia. gracias!!

Buen provecho!!!

Omg! Gonna try this recipe. Mi abuela use to make this for us.. Miss it!

Happy New Year! I remember my Mom cooking this dish for us. I can almost smell and taste it ! Now its my turn to make pastelón for my family! Thank you and many blessings!

You ALWAYS want to SHRED the cheese yourself. Do not buy shredded cheese for anything other than cheap Nacho microwave bake. Shredded Cheese has chemicals in it that help to keep it shredded in the bag but make it taste different in baking. Always by block or round cheese and shred yourself.

Looks Yummy!

Hi! love your cooking teaching videos...I've learned a lot from you, being Puerto Rican the best food ever that I've tasted it was from my Mama(R.I.P) and watching your videos is like seeing her cooking...the ingredients the way you cook...oh man God Bless you!! let see if I can cook like you and my mama...Blessings!

Thank you for the recipe I'm going to make it.

Thanks for showing HOW to cut the plantain and including important details cuz idk how to cook

love ur show

Perfect receipt!!!!

You’re amazing! Thank you!

Looks very good! I prefer to cut mine a little bit thicker than yours but NOT too thick. To save calories and lower cholesterol for us seniors, nowadays I prefer to boil mine for a few minutes, u can add bit of salt. I mashed them with low fat milk and healthy vegan butter or butter if you prefer. It should look like thick mashed potatoes. Then i spray the pan, assemble my pastelon starting with the mashed platano, cooked ground meat, cheese, then top with more mashed platano and some cheese. You can make 1 layer or two. Bake it until bubbly, apprx 45 mins. For a chage sometimes I add 1 can of green beans as one of the layers. My guests love it this way, even those that never liked the fried version enjoyed it this way. There is a great recipe online for this version. I LOVE HIS TOO.....

So happy I found you recently and now a new follower. I've been making your recipes and enjoying them, ironically I'm Cuban and we both share many of the same ingredients but, Cubans cooked them in different ways, I am glad you have shown me other ways to use those same ingredients..looking forward to making this too❤

Have been following your channel for a couple of months and I find your recipes to be authentic and you sir are very entertainig. I have never had this dish but I can wait to try it. I wish you much success in 2017.

Thank you so much for sharing this video ,making a real food channel! Keep smiling and blessings to you and yours.

I haven't made this for a few years you motivated me to make it again

WOW!! Dale Freakin Rican!👍

I’ll end up using!!!!

I love your channel.

Great job looks delicious. That Piñon. Pastelon is similar except you mash the yellow bananas and make a pie fill it with the meat and bake it.

I love you too 💗💋love your Freakin Spanish Lasagna, thank you for sharing your recipes with us! Hope your New Year was awesome 🎶🎶🎸🎶🎶🎉🎉🎉🎉💝

Can't wait to try! Hoping for a future recipe of Mondongo! Thank you for these video's!

I can’t wait to try your recipe , thank you so much for sharing , Love you too 😍❤️😘

Love your channel. You are awesome. My family is enjoying these wonderful recipes. :) GOD BLESS!

Just like my mom use to make, your channel step by step is great. Thanks so much.

I made some today. It was delicious and yummy. Thank you

I like when he tastes the food😊

OMG can’t wait to try my masterpiece!!! Thank you for all of your virtual help!!!

My mother does it the same way but she adds cheddar cheese and cream cheese Uummm y le queda deliciosa 😉🍽✌🏻

Looks so delicious! I thought it'd be hard to make but it's not. Going to make for my mama ❤

I❤Pastelon

K rico ima so making this tomorrow 😋👍🏽👌🏽 Iam avoiding pasta So I'll be using my Plantain ..

14:58 I am so happy to be able to cook with your recipe and everything is delicious!!! Thank you for sharing your awesome recipes!

I love you 2 pieces - my god you remind me of my mothers cooking - real Puerto Rican food - can I buy you for me lol - if you're married that's a happy lady right there with a cook like you - and yes you have a freaking clean stove wow - I just subscribed to you on 1/11/17 and haven't stopped watching your videos / plus your very handsome kid... keep it up your doing great...

Your Boyfriend is so Lucky, noy Only are you Good Looking You CAN COOK OMG!! What a Man, I Love You!!

I love pastelon so much🥰

Thank you sweetheart 😘 God bless you and your family yours

Thank u for making a real food channel! Keep smiling and blessings to you and yours!!! Happy New Years 2 u!!!

AMO EL PASTELON OMG! TAN RICO GOOD JOB!

Wow... looks delicious.. THANK YOU

Happy New Year! 2017!😊 Awesome easy recipe! thank you! love watching you always! ☺

OOh I cannot wait to try this. My mom used to make this all the time. I don't think she did the cheese on top layer but it looks so yummy!

Feliz Ano Nuevo y buen provecho, looks amazing, can't wait to try your recipe. 💕

Looks D'licious! I'm happy that you didnt pour the remaining egg on top (I personally do not like eggs and won't eat pastelon when someone use too much egg!) I just bought my platano today so I will DEFINITELY use some of the tips in this video. Gracias and buen provecho!!

Yay, you made it for me! Thank u Nicky Jam!

That's one of my favorites

i love ur videos very easy n u explain very good thanks for the videos

Yeah. Your stove is spotless.

you're the best

The recipe looks delicious👍🏼 I also add cheddar cheese and sometimes French cut green beans.

Looks so good I want some now

Hi Derek, I am waiting with baited breath for your schedule for your festivals. I live in the Bronx and can't wait to attend one of them. Or even a few..... Please don't forget to announce when you have a schedule and where to find it. My mouth waters thinking about this food. Hope you and your family have a wonderful 2017. Say hello to Mom too. I hope that 2017 brings continued success to your business. Maybe you can have a place where we could pick up an order and not wait for mailing cause we are in the area.