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Pabellón Criollo (Venezuelan National Dish)

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Pabellón Criollo (Venezuelan National Dish)

A plate that tells the story of Venezuela. Shredded beef (carne mechada), black beans (caraotas), white rice, and sweet fried plantains (tajadas) come together in a perfect balance of savory and sweet.

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Ingredients

  • ●500g (1.1 lbs) flank steak
  • ●2 cans (15oz) black beans
  • ●2 cups white rice
  • ●2 ripe plantains
  • ●2 onion
  • ●1 red bell pepper
  • ●3 cloves garlic
  • ●1 cup crushed tomatoes
  • ●2 tsp cumin
  • ●54g Vegetable oil
  • ●3g Salt

Instructions

  1. 1
    Simmer steak with half the measured onion and 750ml water for 1-1.5 hours until tender. Shred beef and retain all cooking liquid for the sofrito.
  2. 2
    Heat 20g of the measured oil, sauté remaining onion, pepper and garlic for 8 minutes. Add tomatoes, cumin, shredded beef and all retained beef liquid; simmer 20 minutes.
  3. 3
    Simmer undrained black beans with 7g measured oil and half the measured salt for 10 minutes; no additional unlisted aromatics.
  4. 4
    Slice plantains and shallow-fry in the remaining 27g oil in two batches, 4 minutes per side. Serve all measured pan oil with the plantains.
  5. 5
    Divide all beef and sauce, beans, already-cooked rice and plantains into four portions.

Recipe details

Cuisine
Venezuelan
Category
Main course
Preparation
17 minutes
Cooking
145 minutes

Estimated total: 162 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • boil heat: 10 min planning allowance (boil_heat)
  • simple prep: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
  • pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
  • pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
  • Explicit reviewed multiplication: 4 sides/batch actions; source quantities and pan capacity reviewed.
  • Matched to Beef, flank, steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, raw. Assumed lean and fat as no trimming specified.
  • black beans: Stated package net weight
  • Matched to Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, canned, as recipe specifies 'undrained'.
  • white rice: USDA cup portion weight
  • Matched to Rice, white, short-grain, enriched, cooked. Assumed short-grain as generic white rice.
  • ripe plantains: USDA plantain portion weight
  • Matched to Plantains, yellow, raw, based on 'ripe plantains, black skins'.
  • onion: USDA medium (2-1/2" dia) portion weight
  • Matched to Onions, raw, medium (2-1/2" dia) for unspecified size.
  • red bell pepper: USDA medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2 dia.) portion weight
  • Matched to Peppers, sweet, red, raw, medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2 dia.) for unspecified size.
  • garlic: USDA cloves portion weight
  • Matched to Garlic, raw, 3 cloves.
  • crushed tomatoes: USDA cup portion weight
  • Matched to Tomatoes, crushed, canned.
  • cumin: USDA tsp, whole portion weight
  • Matched to Spices, cumin seed, tsp, whole, as a generic equivalent for unspecified cumin.
  • Chosen 27g for sofrito/beans and 27g for shallow-frying plantains; entire quantity counted without invented deep-frying retention.
  • Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
  • Vegetable oil: Chosen 27g for sofrito/beans and 27g for shallow-frying plantains; entire quantity counted without invented deep-frying retention. Original: {"item":"oil","amount":"for frying"}. Authored: {"item":"Vegetable oil","amount":"54g"}.
  • Salt: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"3g"}.
  • Vegetable oil: Chosen 27g for sofrito/beans and 27g for shallow-frying plantains; entire quantity counted without invented deep-frying retention. Original: {"item":"oil","amount":"for frying"}. Authored: {"item":"Vegetable oil","amount":"54g"}.
  • Salt: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"3g"}.

pabellón criollo · shredded beef · black beans · plantains

Estimated nutrition per serving

849 calories · 45.5 g protein · 117.6 g carbohydrate · 24.3 g fat · 1298 mg sodium

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

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