Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pastelon. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Check Out our Selection & Order Now. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! Independent certification is available on request. Pastelón is a classic Puerto Rican dish made with layers of thinly-sliced plantains, ground beef, and cheese!
Pastelon is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Pastelon is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pastelon using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pastelon:
- Get 7 packages Goya brand sweet green bananas (Maduras), thawed
- Make ready 1 1/2 lb ground beef
- Take 2-3 tbsp adobo (or to taste)
- Prepare 2-3 tbsp black pepper
- Take 1 (8 oz.) can diced tomatoes, undrained
- Prepare 6 large eggs, beaten
- Get 1/2 envelope sazon
- Get 1/4 cup sofrito
- Make ready 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Make ready 1 medium diced onion
- Make ready 1 can green beans, drained (optional)
- Take 1 1/2 packages mixed colby jack shredded cheese
Pastelón is a Puerto Rican dish with many interpretations across the island. Our version nestles thinly sliced, fried sweet plantains between layers of savory ground beef and mozzarella cheese. The beef mixture can be made a day before assembling the pastelón–just refrigerate until ready to use! Pastelón is a Puerto Rican casserole dish layered like Italian lasagne made with exclusively sweet plantains, stuffed with ground meat, vegetables, and bound together with beaten eggs.
Steps to make Pastelon:
- Brown beef with all seasonings, sofrito, & onion. Then add tomatoes. Cook till some of liquid evaporates, then set aside.
- Preheat oven @ 375°. In a greased with butter 9x13 or lasagna pan, layer the tostones covering bottom of pan in 1 layer.
- Top with ground beef mixture, then green beans, & then cheese. Repeat for 2 more layers.
- Pour beaten eggs over whole dish, especially the corners. Fork so the egg can distribute through because it acts as a binder for cutting later (like lasagna).
- Top with layer of cheese, cover with foil & bake for 30 - 40 minutes. Let stand for @ least 15 minutes before serving to make sure the egg binds it better. Then serve with green beans or salad.
The beef mixture can be made a day before assembling the pastelón–just refrigerate until ready to use! Pastelón is a Puerto Rican casserole dish layered like Italian lasagne made with exclusively sweet plantains, stuffed with ground meat, vegetables, and bound together with beaten eggs. The pastelón is a casserole dish consisting of typical Latin Caribbean foods such as plantains, sofrito, and seasoned, mince meat (beef).. Stir together ground sirloin, onion, bell pepper, cilantro, garlic, sazón seasoning, adobo seasoning, and oregano in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Many people claim that pastelón and piñon are not the same thing.
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