Plantain and Beef Pie Recipe

Plantain and beef pie? Yes plantain and beef pie is an actual thing. The love of plantain is the beginning of a food blogger’s wisdom. Quite a number of countries share the love of plantain as well be it green, yellow or black(over-ripe plantain). Countries like Jamaica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Ghana, Puerto-Rico and the list is endless. This dish is actually inspired by the puerto-rican love of plantains. I did mine a little different. The basic jist of it is plantain to line the pan, beef, vegetables, eggs and cheese stuffings, covered with plantain again and baked. You can call it lasagna depending on how much cheese and tomato sauce you decide to add but I choose to call mine a pie. I also didn’t add any sauce. I also limited my cheese addition so it’s not a major part of the dish as I want my little sister to enjoy this meal when she makes it as she is allergic to large quantities of cheese. Love you maks 🙂 Enjoy and leave a comment if you make it.

Recipe for plantain and Beef Pie

Ingredients

2 fingers of large plantain (You can use over-ripe or yellow plantain)

1 large egg (whisked)

1 cup of beef strips

2 large tomatoes (chopped)

1 cup of chopped bell peppers

1/2 cup of chopped spinach

A handful of chopped spring onions

A handful of chopped regular onions

1 scotch bonnet pepper (chopped)

1 teaspoon of cheese (I used parmesan, You can use a slice of cheddar) optional

2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

2 Seasoning cubes

1/2 teaspoon of ginger powder

1 clove of garlic (chopped)

Method

Slice the plantain in long strips to fit into your baking pan and lightly fry. Do not fry till it is completely done as you would still place in the oven to bake so leave in oil for at most 1 minute till it gets a very light brown texture.

Season your beef strips with one seasoning cube. Heat up one tablespoon of oil and lightly stir fry your beef strips with the ginger and garlic. Do this for 2-3 minutes and set aside.

Pre-heat the oven to 375 F till hot.

With half a tablespoon of oil, grease the pan you will be using to bake the pie. Divide your fried plantain into two options and use one half of the plantain to line the pan.

Line with the beef, chopped vegetables, peppers, tomatoes and other things you want to stuff the pie with.

Sprinkle the seasoning over the mix and pour half of your whisked egg over the stuffings. If you are using cheese, add the cheese at this stage.

Line the stuffings with the rest of the plantain and pour the rest of the whisked egg over the plantain and pour the rest of the oil.

Place in the oven and bake for about 25-30 minutes.

Serve as a standalone meal or in addition to other rice meals.