Arroz tapado
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Recipe type: Entree
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste or ají panca paste
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • ⅓ cup raisins
  • ⅓ cup black olives, sliced
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
  • Salt, pepper
  • White rice, cooked with green peas and carrots
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan over high heat, and sauté the onion and garlic. When the onion is soft and translucent, add tomato paste or ají panca, stir for a few minutes and add the ground beef. Cook for 15 minutes over medium-low heat, stirring every now and then. If the mixture looks dry, add some water to make it juicy, about ½ cup.
  2. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes more. When ready, add raisins, black olives, hard-boiled eggs, and parsley. Turn off the heat.
  3. Have cooked white rice with peas and corn ready and warm. You may add other vegetables if you wish, like green beans, or leave the vegetables out of the recipe.
  4. In the bottom of an oiled ramekin, make a layer of rice, pressing with a spoon. Over this make a layer of ground beef, and cover with more rice. Put a plate over the ramekin and turn up-side-down. Take out the ramekin and you will have arroz tapado!
  5. Garnish with parsley leaves and serve with a green salad.
Recipe by PERU DELIGHTS at https://perudelights.com/arroz-tapado-the-lazy-cooks-favourite/