Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pastelon. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pastelón is a classic Puerto Rican dish made with layers of thinly-sliced plantains, ground beef, and cheese! Think of it as a Puerto Rican version of lasagna. It's the perfect casserole to make for a potluck or family gathering.

pastelon is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. pastelon is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pastelon using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make pastelon:

1. Make ready 1 packages shredded cheese
2. Make ready 1 pepper
3. Take 1 adobo
4. Make ready 1 parmesean cheese
5. Take 9 riped plantains
6. Take 2 tbsp oil
7. Get 2 tbsp tomato paste
8. Make ready 2 tbsp tomato paste
9. Prepare 2 tsp salt
10. Prepare 1 butter
11. Get 5 lb ground beef

Pastelón is a Puerto Rican dish with many interpretations across the island. Our version nestles thinly sliced, fried sweet plantains between layers of savory ground beef and mozzarella cheese. The beef mixture can be made a day before assembling the pastelón–just refrigerate until ready to use! Pastelón is a classic Puerto Rican dish made with layers of thinly-sliced sweet plantains, ground meat, and cheese!

Instructions to make pastelon:

1. peel plantains and cut in half put in a pot of water with 2 teaspoons of salt. let it come to a boil.
2. in the mean time season the ground beef with adobo, parmesean cheese, a pinch of salt and pepper.
3. in a pot add 2 tablespoons of oil and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and water. add the ground beef and let cook
4. when plantains are done place in a bowl with out water and smash it all up with two spoons of butter.
5. in a casserole dish spread some butter then layer half of the plantains on the bottom and smooth it out.
6. add all the ground beef smooth it out and top it off with some shredded cheese
7. add the rest of the plantains and smooth it out and add the rest of the cheese on top
8. preheat oven to 350 and bake for 30 minutes let stand for 10 minutes then serve

Think of it as a Puerto Rican version of lasagna. It's the Pastelón Puerto Rican Food. Pastelón is one of the traditional foods that are served in Puerto Rico as well as some other Caribbean countries. The classic Puerto Rican lasagna-like dish contains plantains, which are the star ingredient of the meal. There are a lot of dishes that make me think of home, but, there is no doubt that my favorite is Pastelon.

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