cuban

Vaca Frita with Onions and Garlic Lime Rice

Name: Vaca Frita with Onions and Garlic Lime Rice
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: cuban
Ingredients: 130 g cooked shredded beef (brisket or flank), well drained; 130 g cooked white rice; 69 g yellow onion, thinly sliced; 12 g olive oil; 19 g lime juice; 8 g garlic, minced; 2 g ground cumin; 0.77 g kosher salt; 0.38 g black pepper

This pan-seared dish pairs cooked white rice with yellow onion, thinly sliced, lime juice and garlic, minced. Adjust the calorie target to automatically scale the ingredients while keeping the proportions of the meal balanced.

Lunch Dinner

Medium

Balanced Gluten free

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Estimated macros per portion

39 g Protein

48 g Carbohydrates

32 g Fat

2 g Fiber

Ingredients

650 kcal · 1 portion

Ingredient quantities automatically adjust to your calorie target.

130g cooked shredded beef (brisket or flank), well drained 325 kcal
130g cooked white rice 169 kcal
69g yellow onion, thinly sliced 28 kcal
12g olive oil 106 kcal
19g lime juice 6 kcal
8g garlic, minced 12 kcal
0.77 tsp (2g) ground cumin 8 kcal
0.38 tsp (1g) kosher salt 0 kcal
0.19 tsp (0g) black pepper 1 kcal

Cooking instructions

cooked shredded beef (brisket or flank)lime juicegarlicground cuminkosher saltblack pepper
Pat the cooked shredded beef dry with paper towels. Toss with lime juice, garlic, cumin, salt, and black pepper; let stand 5 minutes.
cooked shredded beef (brisket or flank)olive oil
Heat 2 tsp olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Spread beef in a thin layer and press down; cook undisturbed 3-4 minutes until crisped, then flip and crisp another 2-3 minutes.
yellow onionkosher salt
Add sliced onion to the skillet and cook 2-3 minutes, scraping browned bits, until the onion softens and picks up color. Remove from heat and taste for salt.
cooked white riceolive oillime juicekosher salt
In a small pan, warm the cooked rice with 1 tsp olive oil and a pinch of salt. Stir in remaining lime juice to lightly perfume the rice.
cooked shredded beef (brisket or flank)cooked white riceyellow onionlime juice
Serve the crisp beef and onions over the lime rice.