Pabellon Criollo Recipe

Within the Caribbean the rice, meat, bean and plantain combination is quite popular hence you have the Bandeja Paisa from Columbia, Casado from Costa Rica, La Bandera Dominicana from Dominican Republic and this Pabellon Criollo from Venezuela. This dish even influenced Philippines hence we have something similar called Arroz ala Cubana.

Pabellón criollo like I mentioned above is a combination rice and beans but what sets it apart from the others is the meat dish that accompanies it where it is made up of pulled beef flavoured with peppers, tomatoes and sometimes cumin. At its most basic form this dish is only served with rice, beans and the meat but common additions are fried plantain slices called “tajadas” and/or a fried…