World Flavors Cookbook

Casado Completo

The complete Costa Rican lunch plate — rice, black beans, picadillo, fried plantain, salad, and your choice of grilled meat or fish.

Cuisine: Costa Rica

Ingredients

• For rice: 300g white rice, cooked
• For beans: 300g black beans, cooked with epazote
• For protein: 4 fish fillets or chicken breasts or pork chops, grilled
• For picadillo: 2 chayotes diced, onion, garlic, red pepper, cilantro
• 2 ripe plantains, fried
• Cabbage salad with lime dressing
• 4 tortillas

Instructions

1. Cook rice. Cook beans separately.
2. Make picadillo: saute chayote with onion, garlic, pepper until tender.
3. Grill protein of choice. Season with salt and lime.
4. Fry plantain slices until golden.
5. Prepare cabbage salad with lime, salt, and oil.
6. Arrange everything on a plate in sections.