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Meat

Pabellon Criollo

Venezuela's national dish with shredded beef, caraotas, rice and fried plantain.

Gluten-free

90 minTime
4Servings
MediumDifficulty
VenezuelaCuisine

Ingredients

  • 600 g of beef flank
  • 1 onion in quarters
  • 1 red bell pepper in pieces
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 400 g of crushed tomato
  • 2 tablespoons of oil
  • 1 teaspoon of cumin
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Cooked white rice to serve
  • Cooked black caraotas to serve
  • 2 ripe plantains fried in slices

Step-by-step

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  1. Place the flank in the mixing bowl with water to cover it and cook 45 min/100 degrees/reverse/spoon speed.
  2. Remove the meat, set aside the broth and shred it with two forks into fine strands.
  3. Put the onion, bell pepper and garlic in the mixing bowl and chop 4 sec/speed 5.
  4. Add the oil and saute 7 min/120 degrees/speed 1.
  5. Add the crushed tomato, cumin, salt and pepper and cook 5 min/100 degrees/speed 1.
  6. Add the shredded meat and a ladle of the reserved broth and stew 10 min/100 degrees/reverse/spoon speed.
  7. Serve the shredded beef with white rice, black caraotas and slices of fried plantain.

Tips

  • The secret lies in shredding the meat very fine so it absorbs the stew.
  • If you crown it with a fried egg it becomes pabellon a caballo.
  • Use the cooking broth to moisten the meat and give it more flavor.

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