Rice & pasta
Rice with Menestra and Grilled Beef
Coastal dish of stewed beans with rice and beef.
Gluten-free
Ingredients
- 250 g red beans, soaked
- 300 g rice
- 500 g beef steaks
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 red onion
- 1 bell pepper
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons annatto oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 bunch cilantro
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Water for cooking
Step-by-step
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- Cook the soaked beans in a separate pot with water and salt until tender, set aside.
- Put the tomato, onion, bell pepper and garlic in the mixing bowl and blend 8 sec/speed 6.
- Add the annatto and sauté 8 min/120°C/speed 1.
- Add the cooked beans with a bit of their water and the cumin and cook 15 min/100°C/reverse/spoon speed to make the menestra.
- Cook the rice separately until fluffy.
- Season the meat with salt, pepper and garlic and grill it on a hot griddle on both sides.
- Serve the rice, menestra, meat, cilantro and fried ripe plantain on the same plate.
Tips
- Thicken the menestra by mashing some of the beans.
- The meat is best well seared on a hot griddle.
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