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Bandeja Paisa
Recipe courtesy Mama Vieja Restaurant

Ingredients
4 cups red beans, or kidney beans
1 tablespoon salt
2 diced green plantains
1 small carrot, grated or shredded
1 pork trotter
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons tomato paste

Directions
Rinse the beans before cooking then place them in a pressure cooker half
filled with water and 1 tablespoon of salt. Cook the beans for approximately 30 minutes. Then open
the pressure cooker and place the rest of the ingredients in with the beans. Cook under pressure for
another 20 minutes and serve with or without the trotter.

Badeja Paisa may be accompanied with 8 ounces of grilled beefsteak, steamed white rice, fried sweet


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plantains, deep fried pork crackling, 1 fried egg atop the rice, and 1 corn tortilla. The rice
should be in the middle of the plate, then the beans on the left side. The remainder of the
ingredients can be arranged on the plate to your liking.

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