Category: Meat Mains
Cuisine: Caribbean
Yields:
8 Servings
Difficulty: Medium
Bob sent this along from Marie, who was born and raised in Haiti. Note that there are four parts to the meal. Looks like this is an all day preparation for one, or a good meal to make when you’ll have many hands in the kitchen.
Goat meat is more widely available these days; look for Caribbean markets, African markets, or local farms that sell goat products. Pork or veal would be a good substitute if goat meat is unavailable.
Ingredients
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Goat Meat and Sauce
- Rice and Beans
- Salad (like potato salad)
- Fried Plantains
Instructions
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Goat Meat and Sauce
- Wash the meat well with a lemon (cut a lemon in half and scrub meat well with the exposed surfaces of the lemon).
- Place in a large bowl, season with bouillon (1 cube crushed per pound of meat), cooking oil, a little salt and celery seasoning. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- Cover with water, bring to a boil, simmer for 10-15 minutes if meat is tender, 30 minutes of it is tough.
- In a separate pan, stir fry onions with tomato paste in a little oil for 3 minutes on medium heat. Add onions and tomato paste mixture to meat, add more water and oil as needed and simmer until a good consistency. Rice and Beans
- Cover one cup of beans (red or black) with water, bring to a boil, cook for 30 minutes or until tender, but not soft.
- Cook the rice in water (equal parts), 1/4 of vegetable oil, a bouillon cube, salt and accent; until tender making sure it doesn't stick to the pan.
- Combine rice and beans and let sit for 30 minutes to let the flavors come together. Salad (like a potato salad)
- Boil one potato, two carrots, 1/4 small cabbage, and one beet. Cook until tender.
- While that's boiling, dice the onion and tomato.
- When cool enough to handle, cut up all boiled vegetables. Combine with onions, tomatoes, and enough mayonnaise to hold it together. Fried Plantains
- Slice the plantains into 1/2 inch sliced. Partially flatten or mash down with a fork (they should still hold their shape). Fry in a skillet over medium heat in vegetable oil until golden. Move to paper towels and season with salt.