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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cut the banana leaves into 8x8-inch squares wash, pat dry and reserve. | 2. If using pork or chicken: | 3. Place a small chicken (about a 2lbs) or pork loin in a crock pot and liberally sprinkle with adobo seasoning until covered. Set on low for 6-8 hours When done, allow it to cool and shred it with your fingers. Now you can use it for the pasteles. | 4. If using ground beef: | 5. In a bowl combine the meat with the onion powder, oregano, basil, 2 tbsp adobo seasoning. | 6. In a pan over medium heat, heat up oil and add garlic, onions and pepper. Sauté until tender. Add 1/2 lb of meat. | 7. Cook until no longer pink and drain. Return to heat and 2 tbsp of water and tomato paste. Cook until all liquid has evaporated. Reserve. | 8. If using cooked pork or chicken: | 9. Heat up oil over medium heat and add garlic, onions and pepper until tender; add 1/2 lb meat. Season with oregano, bay, onion powder, black pepper and salt if needed. Stir until combined. Add 2 tbsp water and tomato paste, heat through, for about 2 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Reserve. | 10. Peel the plantains, niame and malanga. Grate the raw niame, malanga and plantain and mix with 1 tsp of adobo seasoning and 1 tspn salt. Add the broth either store-bought kind or the broth made if you slow-cooked the chicken. It will look like a doughy mass. Don't make it too wet. | 11. For assembly: | 12. Put 2 tbsp of the plantain mixture on the center of a banana tree leaf, on top put 1 tspn of meat, and top that with 2 more tbsp of the plantain mixture. Wrap the leaf around it to form a rectangle; about 5-7" in length and 3-4" in width. Wrap another layer of parchment paper over each one. Tie string once around and once the other way to resemble a present, and tie a knot in the middle. At this point you can freeze them by wrapping a third layer of foil over each one and store for up to a month, just remove foil before cooking. | 13. When ready to make, put half a gallon of water in a very large pot and boil them for 20 minutes. Remove the banana leaf before eating. | 14. We usually eat them with Tabasco sauce and/or ketchup. Enjoy! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
plantain	1	unripe		-	-	-	-
yautia	1/2	lb		222.2605	53.592	3.3112	0.9072
white yam	1/2	lb		201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
adobo seasoning	1 -2	tablespoon		201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
plantain leaf	3 -4			201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
bay leaf	3		crushed	-	-	-	-
chicken	1/2			-	-	-	-
tomato paste	1	tablespoon		13.12	3.0256	0.6912	0.0752
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	3		mashed	201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333
onion powder	1/2	teaspoon		4.092	0.9494	0.1249	0.0125
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
red onion	1		chopped	28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
chicken broth	3	tablespoons		14.6475	0.3544	2.0884	0.4914
green pepper	1		seeded chopped	29.8	6.9136	1.2814	0.2533
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
string				201.7338	0.0	44.8801	1.1333

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.