
Costa Rica / Main
Casado
A lunch plate of rice, beans, salad, plantain and meat, each in its own sector.
Ingredients
- Chicken breast600 g
- Rice350 g
- Black beans, cooked400 g
- Plantain, ripe2
- Chayote or courgette300 g
- Carrot2
- Cabbage200 g
- Tomatoes2
- Salsa Lizano2 tbsp
- Lime2
- Garlic4 cloves
- Coriander30 g
- Vegetable oil60 ml
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Marinate the chicken in lime juice, garlic, Salsa Lizano, salt and pepper for twenty minutes.
Cook the rice loose and warm the beans with a spoon of their liquid.
Dice the chayote and carrot small and stew them with garlic for ten minutes; that is the picadillo.
Fry the chicken over medium heat, six minutes a side.
Fry the ripe plantain slices to a caramel colour.
Toss the shredded cabbage with tomato, coriander, lime juice and salt.
Build the plate in sectors: rice, beans, chicken, picadillo, salad, plantain — unmixed.




