La Bandera Dominicana [Video+Recipe] Dominican Lunch Meal
La Bandera Dominicana, or “The Dominican Flag”, is also what Dominicans call the national standard lunchtime dish of rice, beans and meat.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 1881kcal
Ingredients
Arroz Blanco
- 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 cups rice
Habichuelas Guisadas
- 2 cups dry beans (pinto, cranberry, or red kidney beans
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 oregano (dry, ground)
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 1 small red onion cut into four quarters
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 cup diced auyama (kabocha squash) (West Indies pumpkin)
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- leaves from a celery stalk chopped (optional)
- 4 sprigs thyme (optional)
- ½ teaspoon chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
Pollo Guisado
- 2 lbs chicken [0.9 kg] cut into small pieces
- 2 limes cut into halves
- ¼ teaspoon oregano (dry, ground)
- 1 small red onion chopped into fine strips or eighths
- ½ cup chopped celery (optional)
- 1 teaspoon salt (more may be necessary)
- ½ teaspoon mashed garlic
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (corn, canola or peanut)
- 1 teaspoon sugar (white, granulated)
- 2 cups water
- 4 plum tomato cut into quarters
- 2 green bell or cubanela (cubanelle) peppers
- ¼ cup pitted green olives cut into halves (optional)
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- Bunch fresh coriander leaves
- ¼ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
Ensalada Verde
- 2 tomato diced or sliced
- ½ lettuce (or ¼ cabbage chopped finely)
- 1 cucumber sliced or diced
- 1 bell pepper cut into thin strips
- 1 small red onion cut into thin slices (optional)
- 1 beetroot boiled and sliced (optional)
- 3 tablespoons fruit vinegar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
Instructions
1. Arroz Blanco
- Here's the video and instructions for Arroz blanco.
2. Habichuelas Guisadas
- Here's the video and instructions for Habichuelas guisadas.
3. Pollo Guisado
- Here's the video and instructions for Pollo guisado.
4. Ensalada Verde
- Here's the Ensalada verde video and instructions.
Video
Notes
Nutrition calculation is a rough approximation.
Nutrition
Calories: 1881kcal | Carbohydrates: 206g | Protein: 67g | Fat: 87g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Cholesterol: 161mg | Sodium: 3335mg | Potassium: 2641mg | Fiber: 20g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 6103IU | Vitamin C: 194mg | Calcium: 235mg | Iron: 11mg
