Grilled Chicken with White Rice, Black Beans, and Sweet Plantains

Name: Grilled Chicken with White Rice, Black Beans, and Sweet Plantains (Pollo a la Plancha, Arroz Blanco, Frijoles Negros y Maduros)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cuban
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon ground hot red pepper or red pepper flakes; 16 green olives, pitted and chopped; 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped; 4 tablespoons coarse salt; 1 pound boneless and skinless chicken breast, quartered; 2 tablespoons olive oil; Vegetable oil; 2 ripe plantains, yellow-brown in color, peeled; Pepper, to taste; 1 cup white rice; 12 ounces dried or canned black beans

Pollo a la Plancha, Arroz Blanco, Frijoles Negros y Maduros

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Taste of Cuba

By Cynthia Carris Alonso

Published 2018

About

Ingredients

12 ounces dried or canned black beans
1 cup white rice

Americas
Cuba
Main course
Caribbean
Gluten-free

Method

If using dried black beans, rinse the beans in water three times to remove grit and dirt, then soak submerged in water overnight at room temperature.

To prepare the rice, mix the rice, 1 tablespoon of the salt, and 2