Puerto Rican Beef Plantain Omelette
From chefboriqua 15 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 5
This recipe is from 1979 cookbook "The Total Banana" by Alex Abella
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe plantains shopping list
- oil for frying shopping list
- 1 onion, chopped shopping list
- 1/2 green pepper, chopped shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic shopping list
- 1/2 pound ground beef shopping list
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon capers shopping list
- 1 Tablespoon sliced green olives (optional) shopping list
- salt and pepper shopping list
- 1/2 pound green beans, fresh or frozen, cut in 3-inch pieces shopping list
- 6 eggs shopping list
- 1/4 cup butter shopping list
How to make it
- Peel the plantains, cut into 2-inch thick legthwise slices, and fry in oil
- till golden brown. Remove, drain, and keep warm.
- In a frying pan, saute the onion, green pepper, and garlic until soft but
- not brown. Add the ground beef and fry at high heat for 3 minutes. Pour in
- the tomato sauce and add the capers and olives, if desired. Cook 15
- minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and
- pepper to taste.
- Wash the string beans and steam till tender.
- Beat the eggs, adding salt and pepper to taste. Butter the sides and
- bottom of a round casserole and melt the remaining butter in the bottom.
- Pour in *half* of the beaten eggs and cook over medium heat for about 1
- minute or until slightly set. Cover the eggs with one-third of the
- plantain slices, following with layers of half the ground meat and half
- the string beans. Add another layer of plantains, the remainder of the
- ground beef, another layer of beans, and top with plantains. Pour the rest
- of the beaten eggs over the top.
- Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, uncovered, being careful not to let the
- omelette burn. Then place in a preheated 350-degree oven for 10 to 15
- minutes to brown the top of the pin~on. Serve with rice and beans.
- Excellent for lunch.
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Yum, what a great combination of ingredients. Sounds wonderful. Great post and a high 5. Yummers.
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