Often, the rice is fried with various meats (but typically chicken) and/or vegetables, and can be flavored with beef stock, ketchup, demi-glace, white sauce or simply salt and pepper.
A filet of pompano is baked in a sealed parchment paper envelope with a white sauce of wine, shrimp, and crabmeat.
Otherwise, a typical fish pie consists of white fish and prawns in white sauce topped with mashed potato.
The result is a white sauce with a very strong garlic flavor, varying in consistency from a thick paste to a very runny sauce.
The traditional accompaniments are tomato, onion, and "tzatziki," sometimes called cucumber, yogurt, or white sauce.
But it is also popular served like asparagus in a white sauce, such as bechamel sauce or mustard sauce.
It is prepared from meat (especially poultry) or mushrooms in white sauce.
They may also contain ham, fish, "humita" (sweetcorn with white sauce) or spinach; a fruit filling is used to create a dessert empanada.
