Bandeja Paisa

The vast Antioquian platter — beans, rice, pork, egg, plantain and arepa.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Red beans
• 300 g Pork belly
• 400 g Ground beef
• 3 cups Cooked rice
• 4 Eggs
• 2 Ripe plantains
• 4 Chorizo
• 1 Onion
• 2 Tomatoes
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 Avocado
• 2 tsp Salt

Method

1. Cook the beans — Soak the beans overnight, then simmer with onion, garlic and a piece of pork for 2 hours until soft and soupy.
2. Crisp the pork — Score the pork belly, salt it, and fry or roast until the skin blisters and crackles.
3. Cook the beef — Fry the ground beef with tomato, onion and garlic until browned and dry.
4. Fry the plantain — Slice the ripe plantains and fry until caramelised at the edges.
5. Cook the rest — Grill the chorizo and fry the eggs sunny side up.
6. Bandeja Paisa is ready — Arrange everything on one large platter with rice, avocado and an arepa.

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