Bistec a lo Pobre

Ingredients

Quantities are for one portion.

• 50 gdry white rice
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1ripe plantain (approx 50g), sliced in half lengthwise
• 1 tbspvegetable oil
• 100 gpotatoes, cut into fries
• 1egg
• 150 gbeef sirloin steak, pounded flat
• 15 mlsoy sauce

Method

1. Rinse and steam the white rice until fluffy. Keep warm.
2. Toss the potato fries in a drop of oil and a pinch of salt. Roast or fry until golden and crispy.
3. Heat the remaining vegetable oil in a wide pan. Fry the sweet plantain halves until dark and caramelized on both sides. Remove and set aside.
4. In the same pan, fry the egg until the white is just set and the yolk is still runny. Remove and set aside.
5. Season the flattened beef sirloin with salt, pepper, and a splash of soy sauce.
6. Sear the beef quickly in the hot pan until browned but still tender inside.
7. Arrange the expansive meal on a large plate: mound the rice, stack the crispy fries, fan out the sweet plantains, lay down the steak, and drape the fried egg over the meat.