Gallo pinto
Nicaragua’s breakfast, lunch and dinner: rice fried with red beans, onion and garlic, served with eggs, fried cheese, cream and ripe plantain.
Ingredients
- 400 g cooked rice from the day before
- 300 g cooked red beans, with a little of their cooking liquid
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 green pepper
- 3 tablespoons of oil
- Salt
How to make it at home
- Chop the onion, garlic and pepper very finely.
- Fry half the onion in the oil until golden, then add the beans with a little of their liquid.
- Let them fry for a few minutes until the liquid reduces.
- Add the rice and the rest of the vegetables and stir-fry over a high heat until the rice takes on colour.
- Season with salt and serve with a fried egg, cheese, cream or fried ripe plantain.
The trick: Day-old rice is the secret: freshly cooked rice turns stodgy.