Pabellón Criollo
The flag on a plate: pabellón criollo — shredded beef (carne mechada), black beans (caraotas), white rice and fried ripe plantains (tajadas) arranged in stripes — Venezuela's national dish (the pabellón baranda adds a fried egg on top).
What it is
The flag on a plate: pabellón criollo — shredded beef (carne mechada), black beans (caraotas), white rice and fried ripe plantains (tajadas) arranged in stripes — Venezuela's national dish (the pabellón baranda adds a fried egg on top). Ingredients: beef (flank/skirt), black beans, rice, ripe plantains, onions, peppers, garlic, cumin, Worcestershire (a Venezuelan pantry signature), sugar (a touch in the beans, Carabobo style debates it). Recipe: 1) Shred and stew the beef in a pepper-tomato sofrito. 2) Cook the beans until creamy. 3) Cook rice; fry tajadas caramel-sweet. 4) Plate in bands: beef, beans, rice, plantains. Serve: at lunches everywhere. Flavor: savoury-sweet, complete. History: pabellón's stripes are read as the nation's peoples (the colonial colour story is its folk etymology). See also: Arepas, Hallacas.
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