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Puerto Rican Beef Plantain Omelette Recipe


Puerto Rican Beef Plantain Omelette Recipe Chefboriqua / All my dishes
1 year ago
This recipe is from 1979 cookbook "The Total Banana" by Alex Abella
Prep:10m Cook:45m Servings:5

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Ingredients
  • 3 very ripe plantains
  • Oil for frying
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 green pepper, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 pound ground beef
  • 1/4 cup tomato sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon capers
  • 1 Tablespoon sliced green olives (optional)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/2 pound green beans, fresh or frozen, cut in 3-inch pieces
  • 6 eggs
  • 1/4 cup butter

Directions
  1. Peel the plantains, cut into 2-inch thick legthwise slices, and fry in oil
  2. till golden brown. Remove, drain, and keep warm.
  3. In a frying pan, saute the onion, green pepper, and garlic until soft but
  4. not brown. Add the ground beef and fry at high heat for 3 minutes. Pour in
  5. the tomato sauce and add the capers and olives, if desired. Cook 15
  6. minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and
  7. pepper to taste.
  8. Wash the string beans and steam till tender.
  9. Beat the eggs, adding salt and pepper to taste. Butter the sides and
  10. bottom of a round casserole and melt the remaining butter in the bottom.
  11. Pour in *half* of the beaten eggs and cook over medium heat for about 1
  12. minute or until slightly set. Cover the eggs with one-third of the
  13. plantain slices, following with layers of half the ground meat and half
  14. the string beans. Add another layer of plantains, the remainder of the
  15. ground beef, another layer of beans, and top with plantains. Pour the rest
  16. of the beaten eggs over the top.
  17. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, uncovered, being careful not to let the
  18. omelette burn. Then place in a preheated 350-degree oven for 10 to 15
  19. minutes to brown the top of the pin~on. Serve with rice and beans.
  20. Excellent for lunch.

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Comments

carmenperez 1 year ago said:
Sounds wonderfull hun
ty for the post
sunny day to you

chefmeow 1 year ago said:
Yum, what a great combination of ingredients. Sounds wonderful. Great post and a high 5. Yummers.


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