Peruvian
Gluten freeArroz tapado
Rice dome with beef filling
Arroz tapado: Lima's home-style rice mould 'covered' over a beef picadillo with olives, raisins and egg
Arroz tapado means covered rice, and it is the thrifty weekday lunch of Lima homes and school canteens: garlic rice pressed into a bowl, filled with a sweet-savoury beef mince and turned out like a dome. The filling of minced beef with onion, ají panca, raisins, black olives and hard-boiled egg is the same picadillo that goes into papas rellenas. The usual mistake is leaving the filling wet: the dome collapses and the rice turns soggy. Simmer it until the pan is almost dry. Minced beef must reach 71 °C, so cook it until no pink remains. Serve with a spoonful of salsa criolla. Chef's tip: brush the bowl with a little oil and pack the rice firmly with the back of a spoon; a well-pressed dome holds its shape on the plate.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Serves
- 4
- Per serving
- 590 kcal
Ingredients
For the garlic rice
- 10 ½ oz long-grain white ricerinsed
- 2 garliccloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 ½ cups water
- 1 tsp salt
For the filling
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 red onionfinely chopped
- 3 garliccloves, crushed
- 1 tbsp ají panca paste
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- 14 oz beef mince
- 1 tomatograted
- 1 oz raisins
- 8 black olivespitted and sliced
- 2 eggshard-boiled and chopped
- 2 tbsp fresh parsleychopped
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a pan, fry 2 garlic for 30 seconds, add 10 ½ oz long-grain white rice and stir to coat. Add 2 ½ cups water and ½ tsp salt, bring to the boil, cover and cook on the lowest heat for 18 minutes until the water has gone. Rest covered for 5 minutes.
20 minStep 2: Meanwhile heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and fry 1 red onion for 6 minutes until soft.
6 minStep 3: Add 3 garlic, 1 tbsp ají panca paste and ½ tsp ground cumin and fry for 1 minute until fragrant.
1 minStep 4: Add 14 oz beef mince and the remaining ½ tsp salt and cook, breaking it up, until browned all over with no pink left, about 8 minutes. It should reach 160°F.
8 minStep 5: Stir in 1 tomato and 1 oz raisins and simmer until the liquid has nearly gone and the mince looks glossy, not wet, about 8 minutes. Fold in 8 black olives, 2 eggs and 2 tbsp fresh parsley.
8 minStep 6: Oil a small bowl. Pack in a layer of rice, press a hollow in the middle, spoon in a quarter of the filling and cover with more rice, pressing firmly.
Step 7: Put a plate on top and turn it out into a dome. Repeat for each serving and serve hot.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 590 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 72 g
- Fat
- 20 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does arroz tapado take?
- About 60 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 40 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it gluten free?
- Yes, as written. Check the labels on stock, sauces and spice mixes, which sometimes contain gluten.
- What can I use instead of long-grain white rice?
- Any long-grain rice, same amount.
- What can I use instead of garlic?
- ½ tsp garlic paste or ⅛ tsp garlic powder per clove.
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