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Majadito
Rice with dried beef and egg
Majadito: Santa Cruz rice with dried beef, annatto and fried egg
Majadito is everyday lunch in Santa Cruz and the Beni: rice cooked with onion, tomato, peppers and urucú (annatto), stirred with shredded charque until it is soft and moist, then crowned with a fried egg and fried ripe plantain. Charque is sun-dried salted beef, sold in Latin American shops; plain unseasoned dried beef works too. The mistake most cooks make is skipping the soaking and boiling, so the beef stays salty and tough. Chef's tip: pound the boiled charque in a mortar before frying; the fine, fluffy shreds spread through the rice.
- Total time
- 70 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 9 oz charque (dried salted beef)or plain unseasoned dried beef
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 onionfinely chopped
- 1 green pepperfinely chopped
- 2 garlic clovescrushed
- 1 tsp ground annatto (achiote)
- 2 tomatoeschopped
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- 10 ½ oz long-grain rice
- 3 ¼ cups hot water
- ½ tsp salttaste first: the beef is salty
To serve
- 4 eggs
- 1 ripe plantain (optional)sliced and fried
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Soak 9 oz charque (dried salted beef) in cold water for 1 hour, then drain and simmer in fresh water for 20 minutes until softened. Drain and pound or shred finely with two forks.
20 minStep 2: Heat 3 tablespoons of 3 tbsp sunflower oil in a wide, heavy pan over a medium heat. Fry the shredded beef until lightly crisp, then add 1 onion, 1 green pepper and 2 garlic cloves and cook until soft.
10 minStep 3: Stir in 1 tsp ground annatto (achiote), 2 tomatoes and ½ tsp ground cumin and cook until the tomato collapses and everything turns orange.
5 minStep 4: Add 10 ½ oz long-grain rice and stir for 1 minute, then pour in 3 ¼ cups hot water. Taste the liquid and add ½ tsp salt only if needed. Bring to the boil, cover and cook over a low heat until the rice is tender and moist, about 20 minutes. Majadito should be softer and wetter than plain rice.
22 minStep 5: Fry 4 eggs in the rest of 1 tbsp sunflower oil until the whites are set and the edges lacy.
4 minStep 6: Spoon the rice onto plates, top each with an egg and serve with fried 1 ripe plantain.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 560 kcal
- Protein
- 32 g
- Carbs
- 66 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does majadito take?
- About 70 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 50 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 onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of garlic cloves?
- ½ tsp garlic paste or ⅛ tsp garlic powder per clove.
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