Costa Rican · serves 4 · about 45 minutes
The 'married man's plate' — rice, black beans, sweet plantain, salad, and the day's protein, all in committed harmony. Costa Rica's almuerzo institution, from sodas to home tables.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Iberia Parboiled Rice 5 lbs
- 2 cups Iberia Black Beans W/S 15 oz
- 2 ripe plantains, sliced and fried
- 4 portions of protein — grilled chicken, fish, or beef
- 1 tsp Iberia Adobo Without Pepper 16 oz
- 2 cups cabbage-tomato salad with lime
- 2 tbsp Iberia Baby Eels In Olive Oil 4 oz
Method
- Cook the rice; warm the beans with a little of their broth.
- Season the protein with Adobo and grill or pan-sear it.
- Fry the plantain slices until caramelized.
- Dress the cabbage and tomato with lime and salt.
- Plate it the soda way: rice and beans side by side, protein at the front, plantain and salad holding the corners. The marriage works because everything keeps its place.