La Bandera

The daily plate — rice, red beans and stewed meat.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Rice
• 1½ cups Red beans
• 800 g Chicken
• 2 Onion
• 1 Bell pepper
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste
• 1 tsp Oregano
• ¼ cup Cilantro
• 3 tbsp Lime juice
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• 4 tbsp Oil
• 2 tsp Salt
• 6 cups Water

Method

1. Marinate the chicken — Season with lime, garlic, oregano and salt and rest 30 minutes.
2. Caramelise — Heat oil with the sugar until it darkens, then add the chicken and brown it deeply — this is the Dominican browning method.
3. Braise — Add onion, pepper, tomato paste and water and simmer 40 minutes.
4. Cook the beans — Simmer the soaked beans with garlic, pepper and cilantro until creamy.
5. Cook the rice — Steam the rice separately until each grain is separate.
6. La Bandera is ready — Serve all three side by side on one plate with salad.

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