Bandeja Paisa
954kcal52.2g protein18.3g fat154.2g carbs*Estimates computed from the ingredient list; cost uses average US supermarket prices. Not a substitute for packaging measurements or your receipt.
Contains egg · sometimes contains gluten, dairy, peanut, tree nut, sesame, soy, shellfish, fish — check the label
Restrictions
ContainseggIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.
Sometimes contains — check the labelgluten (arepa, hogao, rice) · dairy (arepa, hogao, rice) · peanut (arepa, hogao, rice) · tree nut (arepa, hogao, rice) · sesame (arepa, hogao, rice) · soy (arepa, hogao, rice) · shellfish (arepa, hogao, rice) · fish (arepa, hogao, rice)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.
Diets
No alcohol · check
Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.
Ingredients
Servings:
| 4 cup | cooked red beans |
| 2 cup | white rice |
| 500 g | ground beef |
| 500 g | pork belly |
| 4 unit | chorizo |
| 4 unit | eggs |
| 2 unit | ripe plantains |
| 4 unit | small arepas |
| 2 unit | avocado |
| 1 cup | hogao |
| 1 tsp | salt |
Steps
- simmer30 minbeans hot, creamy and well seasonedWarm the cooked beans with enough of their cooking liquid to stay spoonable and season them well. Keep them creamy rather than dry: they are one distinct element of the platter, not a paste binding the other components.
- simmer20 minrice tender and grains separateCook the white rice and hold it covered off the heat. Start the rice while the slower pork component cooks so the final platter can be assembled hot without rushing the fried items.
- fry35 minpork belly rendered and exterior crispCook the pork belly slowly enough to render its fat, then increase the heat as needed to crisp the exterior into chicharron. If the outside browns before the fat renders, the result will be tough rather than crisp.
- fry12 minbeef browned and chorizo cooked throughBrown the ground beef in one pan and cook the chorizos in another or sequentially, keeping each component distinct. Spoon a little hogao into the beef if desired, but do not turn the meats into one combined mixture.
- fry8 minplantain deeply golden and tenderSlice the ripe plantains and fry until caramelized on both sides. Use genuinely ripe fruit; underripe plantain stays starchy and misses the sweet counterpoint the platter needs.
- fry5 minegg whites set, yolks still softFry the eggs last so they reach the table hot. At the same time warm the arepas; these quick components should not sit while the rest of the platter catches up.
- top5 mincomponents separate and abundantBuild each platter with beans, rice, beef, chicharron, chorizo, fried egg, plantain and arepa, then add avocado and hogao. Preserve visible separation between components: the abundance and contrast of the composed tray is the dish's defining structure.