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El Caldero Dominican Restaurant logo topEl Caldero Dominican Restaurant logo scroll
  • Facebook pageInstagram pageYelp pageGoogle page
  • MENU
    FOOD DRINKS SPECIALS
  • FOOD DRINKS SPECIALS
  • CATERING
  • EVENTS
  • RESERVE
  • PARTIES

Our Menu

MenuLunch SpecialCombos Christmas

Dominican Breakfast

Served with your choice of smashed green plantain or cassava.

Salami y Queso photo

Salami y Queso

$8.95
Fried Cheese and Pork Sausage.

Salami y Huevo

$8.95
Pork Sausage with Eggs.

Longaniza

$9.75
Dominican Sausage.

Les 3 Golpes

$10.95
Dominican Sausage, Fried Cheese, and Eggs.

Sandwiches

Sandwiches can include choice of lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage, onion, mayo, and ketchup.

Jamon y Queso

$6.75
Ham and Cheese.

Jamon, Queso y Huevo

$8.75
Ham, Cheese, and Egg.

Pollo y Queso

$8.95
Chicken and Cheese.

Chimi

$10.95
Two-side bread with your option of meat (Chicken, Beef or Pork)

Club Sandwich

$11.15
Delicious club made with shredded chicken, ham, cheese, bacon. Served with French fries.

Burgers

Served with French fries. Hamburgers include choice of lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage, onion, mayo, mustard, and ketchup.

Dominican Egg Burger

$14.50
Angus beef, sugar glazed bacon, fried egg, cheese, caramelized onions lettuce.

Capi Burger

$9.95
Made with Angus beef, cheese, house special cheese sauce, cabbage, and tomatoes.

Avocado Burger

$9.75
Made with Angus beef, avocado, bacon, cheese.

Appetizers

Yuca Frita

$5.75
Fried Cassava

Pastelitos Rellenos

$8.50
Stuffed patty | 3 fried patties, stuffed with your choice of meat (chicken, beef or cheese).

Bollitos

$8.95
Yuca, Plantain, or Potato Fritter | Fried ball-shaped fritters stuffed with choice of meat (beef or pork), or cheese choose between plantain, yuca, or potato for base.

Mofonguitos

$10.95
Three delicious plantain- based little baskets filled with shredded cheese and shrimp topped with a creole sauce (Meat options available).

Tostones Chimi Sliders

$10.95
Mini Plantain Burgers with fried cheese, fried salami, cabbage, and our delicious house pink sauce .

Patacon De Camarones

$11.50
Large two sided fried green or sweet plantains served with shrimp, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and our house pink sauce.

Picadera Dominicana

$16.25/+
Dominican Style Sampler | Our Dominican style sampler comes with fried salami, fried cheese, fried chicken, fried green plantain & French fries | $16.25 Regular, $22.50 Medium, $33.75 Large

Jalapeno Cheese Fries

$8.75
French fries, bacon, cheese, jalapenos, and white sauce.

Pollo / Chicken

Main dishes are served with one side.

Fried Chicken Wings with Fries

$10.95
Lemon pepper, Mild Buffalo, BBQ, Plain.

Pechuga A La Plancha

$11.75
Grilled Chicken Breast | Juicy chicken topped with our chimichurri sauce.
Chicharron de Pollo photo

Chicharron de Pollo

$10.75
Crispy fried Chicken Cracklings.

Pica Pollo

$12.75
Dominican Style fried chicken.

Pechuga Encebollada

$12.15
Grilled chicken brest with caramelized onion.

Pechuga al Champinon

$12.95
Grilled Chicken Breast in creamy Mushroom sauce.

Pechuga Rellena de Camarones

$17.50
Grilled Chicken.

Salads

French fries, bacon, cheese, jalapenos, and white sauce.

Ensalada Verde con Aguacate

$6.25
Avocado Salad

Cesar Salad

$6.75

Ensalada con Pollo or Camarones

$8.95/+
Green Salad with chicken $8.95 or shrimp $13.70

Mofongos

Mashed fried plantains with pork cracklings and garlic.

Trifongo photo

Trifongo

$8.95
Mixed of green plantain sweet plantain and cassava smash in a pilon.
Churrasco Mofongo photo

Churrasco Mofongo

$25.75
Smash green plantain field with Skirt Steak over a creamy and cheese house special sauce.

Camarofongo

$22.75
Mofongo served with Shrimp and house special criolla Sauce.

Pollofongo

$21.75
Fried chicken over mofongo with and option of creole sauce, pink or white sauce.

Beef

Res Guisado

$10.75
Tender Stewed Beef vibrant veggies all cooked together in a delicious seasoned red sauce.

Bistec Encebollado

$13.95
Dominican Stake and Onion.

Churrasco

$17.95
Skirt Steak. Served with house made chimichurri sauce.

T- Bone Steak

$14.95

Pork

Chuleta Frita

$11.75
Fried Pork chop
Carnita de Cerdo Frita photo

Carnita de Cerdo Frita

$11.95
Fried pork stripes
Chicharon de Cerdo photo

Chicharon de Cerdo

$11.95
Fried Pork Rinds

Pernil

$10.25
Rosted pork shoulder

Seafood

Chillo Frito / Fried Red Snapper photo

Chillo Frito / Fried Red Snapper

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La Yola

$14.75
Baked sweet plantains with shrimp in our house special sauce.

Salmon

$15.75
Your choice of sauce: coconut sauce, garlic butter, Creole , Lemon Pepper or plain.

Cocktail de Camarones

$13.95
Shrimp cocktail served with green plantains.
Camarones en Salsa photo

Camarones en Salsa

$15.25
Your choice of sauce: coconut sauce, garlic butter, Creole , Lemon Pepper or plain.
Bacalao photo

Bacalao

$11.15
Cod Fish Stew

Salmon y Camarones

$18.95
Served in our creamy pesto white sauce.

Pasta

Pasta Alfredo con Pollo

$11.95
Chicken Alfredo

Pasta Alfredo con Camarones

$14.50
Shrimp Alfredo

Pasta Alfredo con Pollo y Camarones

$16.95
Chicken & Shrimp Alfredo

Aroz / Rice

Arroz con Pollo

$12.75
Chicken Rice

Arroz con Camarones

$14.95
Shrimp Rice

Plato de Paella

$24.95
Infused with saffron, the paella is loaded with colorful vegetables, mussels, clams and shrimp.

Chofan

$13.95
Dominican style Chinese fried rice.

Sopas / Soups

Sopa de Pollo

$6.25/+
Chicken Soup | Small $6.25, Large $12.50

Sopa de Res

$5.95/+
Beef Soup | Small $5.95, Large $11.50
Sancocho photo

Sancocho

$13.75
Dominican Soup

Adicionales / Side Orders

Tostones

$3.75
Fried green plantains.

Maduros

$2.95
Fried sweet plantains.

Guineitos

$4.50
Boiled unripe bananas.

Mangu

$5.25
Dominican mashed plantains.
Yuca Hervida photo

Yuca Hervida

$4.75
Boiled cassava.

Mofongo

$6.95

Queso Frito

$6.25
Fried white cheese.

Papas Fritas

$3.95
French Fries.
Habichuela photo

Habichuela

$2.95/+
Beans (black or pink) | $2.95 Small, $3.95 Medium, $8.95 Large

Arroz y Habichuela

$6.75
White rice with beans.
Moro photo

Moro

$4.95
Yellow rice and beans.

Aguacate

$3.50
Avocado
Arroz Blanco photo

Arroz Blanco

$4.25
White rice

Vegetales

$5.75

Avena

$3.50/+
Oatmeal | $3.50 Small, $4.50 Large

Menu de NiNos / Kids' Menu

Chicken Nuggets

$5.95
w/ French fries

Almuerzo de Ninos / Kids' lunch

$6.95

Salami con Tostones

$6.95
Green Plantain with Dominican Sausage

Postres / Desserts

Flan

$4.75
A classic Puerto Rican dessert, also known as an egg custard to many, and is made with a milk and egg base with a beautiful caramel topping.

Tres Leche

$4.70
Tres Leches is an ultra light sponge cake soaked in evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk and topped with fresh whipped cream.

Bizcocho Dominocano

$5.50
Dominican Cake is characterized by its moist and airy texture, meringue frosting, and traditional filling (pineapple or guava). It all combines into a creamy, fluffy, otherworldly concoction.

International Plates

Tacos

$11.25
Three tacos (Steak, Pork, or Chicken) on flour or corn tortillas. Served with Rice and Beans .

Quesadillas

$13.75/+
Your Choice of: Polio/ Chicken $13.75, Res/ Steak $14.50, Tejana (Chicken, Steak and Shrimp) $18.75. Served with Sour Cream and Side Salad.

Fajitas

Your Choice of: Polio/ Chicken Res/ Steak Tejana (Chicken, Steak and Shrimp). Served with rice and beans.

Guacamole

$3.75

Tortillas

$2.75
Corn or Flour

Specialty Dishes

Please ask the staff if these dishes are available today!

Sancocho

$6.97/+
Dominican style stew, served with white rice | Small $6.97, Large $13.95

Mondongo

$6.97/+
Dominican Style Tripe Stew Soup, served with white rice | Small $6.97, Large $13.95

Chivo Guisado

$15.75
Braised Goat Dominican Style it's from the Northwest of the Dominican Republic served with side salad and choice of one side.

Rabo Encendio/ Oxtail

$16.75
Served with side salad and choice of one side.

El Campesino Mofongo

$14.75
Mofongo served with sanconcho inside.

Lengua/ Cow's Tongue

Served with side salad and choice of one side.

Monday – Friday Lunch Special Starting at $7.99

Monday

Stewed Chicken

Cod Fish Stew

Ribs

Pernil

Tuesday

Smoked Pork Chops

Breaded Chicken Breast

Fried Chicken

Wednesday

Meatball’s Stewed

Baked Chicken

Pernil

Thursday

Fried Tilapia

Oxtail Stewed

Goat Stewed

Friday

Stewed Beef

Onion Stake

Chofan

Menu

Combo 1

$180.00
(10/15 personas) 1 Pernil, 2 Polio, 1 Arroz Con Gandules, Ensalada Verde, Papa o Coditos, 6 Pastel en Hoja

Combo 1

$180.00
(10/15 personas) 1 Posted Pork, 2 Baked Chicken, 1 Rice and Beans, 1 Green Salad, Potato Salad or Pasta Salad, 6 Pastel en Hoja

Combo 2

$280.00
(20/25 personas) 1 Pernil, 2 Costillas, 2 Pollos Al Horno, 10 Pasteles en Hoja, 1 Arroz Con Guandules, 1 Ensalada De Papa, Verde o Coditos, 1 Spaghettis Rojos

Combo 2

$280.00
(20/25 personas) 1 Rosted Pork, 2 Ribs, 2 Baked Chicken, 10 Pasteles en Hoja, 1 Mixed Rice, 1 Potato Salad, Green Salad, or Pasta Salad, 1 Spaghettis in Red or White Sauce

Costo Por Unidad

Pernil $65 | Ensalada De Coditos o De Papa $40 | Ensalada Nerys $55 | Lasagna De Res o Polio $55 | Pastelon De Yuca o Platano $50 | 12 Pasteles en Hoja $60

Unity Cost

Roasted Pork $65 | Potato Salad or Pasta Salad $40 | Nerys Salad $55 | Beef or Chicken Lasagna $55 | Cassava or Sweet Plantain Pie $50 | 12 Pasteles en Hoja $6
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