Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, plantain pastelon. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Plantain pastelon is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Plantain pastelon is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
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. 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 The dish is often referred to as Puerto Rican lasagna, and to say there is only one real recipe for pastelón would be like saying there's only one true lasagna Variations abound If for some reason you don't want to make the healthier pastelón, the traditional recipe calls for peeling and slicing the plantains lengthwise.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have plantain pastelon using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Plantain pastelon:
- Make ready 3 ripe plantain
- Prepare Tomato sauce
- Take Cheese
- Take Beef
You will sometimes hear this dish called the "Puerto Rican Lasanga." Place plantains and salt into a large pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Plantains are a staple ingredient in Puerto Rican food as well as other Caribbean and tropical cuisines. Most people know of sweet plantains, but you can eat and cook with either ripe plantains (sweet) or green plantains. I've wanted to share a recipe for pastelón, a dish akin to lasagna that I love, for a while now.
Steps to make Plantain pastelon:
- Unwrap plantain and slice it into 2 long slices. Giving you 6 slices for the 3 plantains
- Fry it
- Put 3 layers on a baking pan close to each other
- Add tomato sauce on it
- Add your grounded or diced beef and put the remaining 3 layers on it and cover with tomato sauce, meat and cheese.
- Bake on a low heat for 20mins or till cheese melt down. Serve hot
Most people know of sweet plantains, but you can eat and cook with either ripe plantains (sweet) or green plantains. I've wanted to share a recipe for pastelón, a dish akin to lasagna that I love, for a while now. Just about everyone I know that tries it also loves it. Dominicans call fried plantain slices "fritos" or "tostones". The main difference between bananas and plantains is that the former has more sugar and less starch, while the latter has more starch than sugar and has to be cooked before eating.
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