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Let’s practice your verbal skills. You will listen and record audios using the lesson vocabulary.

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Antonio moved to New York and wants to surprise his friends with the recipe from his grandfather. He is cooking a Venezuelan pabellón criollo. He already cooked the shredded meat and rice, but he doesn't know how to make the fried plantain.

Click each tab to listen and record audios. Read and listen to the conversation by clicking the audio icon. Then practice reading the conversation aloud and record Abuelo's parts on your own.

Traditional Venezuelan dish, pabellón criollo.

Antonio: ¡Hola, Abuelo! Estoy cocinando un pabellón criollo y me falta el plátano frito. ¿Me podrías dar tu receta?

Person pouring oil from a bottle into a frying pan in the kitchen.

Abuelo: Primero, pon el aceite vegetal en una sartén y enciende la estufa a fuego lento.

Fried slices of ripe bananas.

Antonio: ¿Y cómo corto el plátano?

Cut bananas frying in oil in a cast iron frying pan.

Abuelo: Corta el plátano en tajadas delgadas. Cuando el aceite este caliente, pon los trozos de plátano en la sartén.

Completed pabellon criollo.

Antonio: Gracias por compartir la receta abuelo. ¡Mis amigos disfrutaran mucho la comida!