Cuban-Style Rice Recipe

Cuban-Style Rice Recipe

Ingredients:

125 ml corn oil

1 medium potato, peeled and diced

3-4 saba bananas (plantains), peeled and halved lengthwise

6-8 whole eggs

1 small onion, finely chopped

4 garlic cloves, peeled, crushed and finely chopped

500 g ground pork

2 teaspoons salt

500 g ground pork

2 teaspoons salt

500 g ground beef

Worcestershire sauce

200 g frozen green peas, thawed

90 g raisins

 

Method:

In a wok or skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the corn oil and sauté the potato until almost tender.  Remove from the wok and set aside in a bowl.  In the same wok, add another 2 tablespoons oil and reheat.  Fry the bananas until light brown and tender.  Remove and drain on paper towels and set aside.  In a separate pan, heat another 2 tablespoons oil and fry the eggs, sunny side up one or two at a time, adding more oil if necessary.  Remove eggs as they cook and set aside.  Heat the remaining oil in a large skillet or casserole and sauté onion and garlic.  Stir in ground pork and cook until brown.  Season with ˝ teaspoon of the salt.  Stir in ground beef and cook, stirring well with the other ingredients until beef browns.  Season with ˝ teaspoon salt.  Stir in a dash of Worcestershire sauce.  Mix in green peas and stir well.  Add the cooked potatoes and raisins.  Season with remaining salt.  Heat through for about 5 minutes.  To serve, spoon the ground meat mixture into a serving platter.  Arrange cooked eggs and bananas on top and serve with plain rice.

 

This dish is also known as Arroz a la Cubana.  A complex dish with various flavors, Arroz a la Cubana combines the richness of meat with the sweet tastes of fried bananas and raisins.  Eggs fried sunny side up make this a very filling, one-dish meal.

 

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