Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, pastelon. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pastelón is a classic Puerto Rican dish made with layers of thinly-sliced plantains, ground beef, and cheese! Think of it as a Puerto Rican version of lasagna. It's the perfect casserole to make for a potluck or family gathering. Photography Credit: Marta Diaz Pastelón is a layered Puerto Rican casserole of plantains, cheese and picadillo, a tomato-based ground beef mixture seasoned with onions, peppers, herbs and spices.
Pastelon is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Pastelon is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pastelon using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pastelon:
- Prepare Goya brand sweet green bananas (Maduras), thawed
- Get ground beef
- Get adobo (or to taste)
- Take black pepper
- Get can diced tomatoes, undrained
- Make ready large eggs, beaten
- Take sazon
- Make ready sofrito
- Make ready minced garlic
- Prepare medium diced onion
- Take green beans, drained (optional)
- Make ready mixed colby jack shredded cheese
Pastelón 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! This typical Puerto Rican dish is made up of an interesting mix of ingredients but somehow they all work together.
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! This typical Puerto Rican dish is made up of an interesting mix of ingredients but somehow they all work together. There is a little bit of salty, sweet, and savory all in one bite. Pastelón is a classic Puerto Rican dish made with layers of thinly-sliced sweet plantains, ground meat, and cheese. Think of it as a Puerto Rican version of lasagna.
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