Venezuela

Pabellón criollo

Name: Pabellón criollo
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 10 h
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Venezuelan
Ingredients: 700 g flank beef; 2 sliced onion; 1 sliced capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1 sliced red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper); 2 chopped tomato; 4 cloves garlic; 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 3 tbsp split cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 1/4 cups dry soaked black beans, dry; 2 tsp or brown sugar for the beans jaggery; 5 cups cooked rice; 2 very ripe sliced ripe plantain (ripe nendran banana); Salt, to taste

Shredded beef, black beans, white rice and sweet fried plantain. Venezuela's national plate.

120 minTime

54 gProtein each

mildSpice

8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 120 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayVenezuelan pabellón criollo.

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841kcalsame

54 gproteinsame

12 gfibresame

120minutessame

Pabellón criollo.

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Ingredients

Beef700 g flank

Onion2, sliced

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1, sliced

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)1, sliced

Tomato2, chopped

Garlic4 cloves

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp, split

Black beans, dry1¼ cups dry, soaked

Jaggery2 tsp, or brown sugar for the beans

Cooked rice5 cups

Ripe plantain (ripe nendran banana)2 very ripe, sliced

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Pressure cook the beef in salted water for 6 whistles and let pressure release naturally. Shred finely.
2Fry onion, peppers and garlic, add tomato, cumin and the beef with some broth. Cook until saucy.
3Pressure cook black beans for 5 whistles, then simmer with a little jaggery and salt.
4Fry plantain slices in oil until caramelised.
5Serve rice, beans, beef and plantain side by side.

Serve it like this

Arrange rice, beans, beef and plantain in four neat sections on a large plate, a fried egg on top if you like.

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