Recipes · Spanish · Main Courses
Arroz a la Cubana
One serving has 636 kcal and 15 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (64%), folate (57%), selenium (54%), thiamin (53%), copper (51%) and pyridoxine (50%). Ready in 35 minutes.
- Preparation: 10 min
- Cooking: 25 min
- Makes: 1 serving (363 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free, Dairy-free
- Contains: egg
Ingredients
- 70 g Rice, white, long-grain
- 55 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 100 g Plantains, ripe, raw
- 100 g Tomatoes, canned, crushed
- 20 g Onions, raw
- 2 g Garlic, raw
- 15 g Olive oil
- 1 g Sugar
- 0.4 g Salt
Method
- Cook the rice in salted boiling water (or by the absorption method) until tender, then keep warm.
- Warm half the olive oil and gently cook the finely chopped onion and garlic for 4-5 minutes until soft.
- Add the crushed tomatoes and sugar, season with a little of the salt, and simmer for 12-15 minutes until thickened into a rich tomato sauce.
- Slice the ripe plantain lengthways and fry in half the remaining oil for 2-3 minutes a side until golden and caramelized; set aside.
- Fry the egg in the last of the oil until the white is set but the yolk still runny.
- Mound the rice on a plate, and arrange the tomato sauce, fried plantain and fried egg alongside it in separate portions, as is traditional.
- Season with the remaining salt to taste and serve immediately while everything is hot.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 636 kcal | 30% |
| Carbohydrates | 99.1 g | |
| Water | 224 mL | |
| Fiber | 4.9 g | 17% |
| Protein | 15.2 g | 32% |
| Tryptophan | 0.17 g | |
| Threonine | 0.53 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.63 g | |
| Leucine | 1.1 g | |
| Lysine | 0.75 g | |
| Methionine | 0.34 g | |
| Cystine | 0.27 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.69 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.47 g | |
| Valine | 0.83 g | |
| Histidine | 0.32 g | |
| Fat | 21.4 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 13.2 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.9 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.03 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 2.5 g | |
| Saturated | 4 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.02 g | |
| Cholesterol | 205 mg | |
| Calcium | 95.9 mg | 10% |
| Copper | 0.46 mg | 51% |
| Iron | 6 mg | 33% |
| Magnesium | 82.6 mg | 27% |
| Manganese | 1.2 mg | 64% |
| Phosphorus | 262 mg | 37% |
| Potassium | 974 mg | 21% |
| Selenium | 29.9 µg | 54% |
| Sodium | 428 mg | |
| Zinc | 2 mg | 25% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.58 mg | 53% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.42 mg | 38% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 4.9 mg | 35% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 2.2 mg | 43% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.65 mg | 50% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 226 µg | 57% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.49 µg | 20% |
| Choline | 194 mg | 46% |
| Vitamin A | 155 µg | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 29.7 mg | 40% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 45.1 IU | 8% |
| Vitamin E | 4.1 mg | 27% |
| Vitamin K | 43.5 µg | 48% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.5 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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