Pastelon ( The Puerto Rican Lasagna)

I am going to take you to Puerto Rico, for one of the many delicious dishes of my culture.
Today we are going to be making Pastelon, the Puerto Rican lasagna. Our Ingredients call for twelve items:
Six Whole Ripe Maduro (Plantains)
1/3 cup of vegetable oil and 2 teaspoons
2 lbs ground meat
1 teaspoon dry oregano
salt and pepper
2 table spoons of sofrito
2 table spoons of tomato paste
1 seasoning package of Goya
4 slightly beaten eggs
1 cup of mozzarella cheese
Image result for pictures of frying pastelon2 cups of green beans
Before we put it all together we must fry our Plantains


Mixing together the ingredients listed above we add the green beans in with the mean and seasoning and mix into a bowel until satisfied with the outcome.

Then we will start to assemble just like american lasagna, layer by layer

Laying down the first layer of platano we add the meat then cheese and cover with more plantains, Repeat the process until you are done. Your finishing outcome should look a little like this:

                                                                         Enjoy!















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