Nicaragua · Latin America

Gallo Pinto Nicaragüense

Gallo Pinto Nicaragüense (placeholder image)
Red beans and rice fried with onion, the Nicaraguan national breakfast, with eggs and cuajada.
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Gallo Pinto Nicaragüense

20 minTotal
4Servings
1/5Effort
2/5Wow factor

Ingredients

  • 400 g day-old cooked rice
  • 300 g cooked small red beans with 100 ml cooking liquid
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 100 g cuajada or queso fresco
  • tortillas

Instructions

  1. Fry onion and garlic in oil until golden.
  2. Add beans and their liquid
  3. fry 3 min until the liquid reduces.
  4. Add rice and fry, folding, 5 min until evenly colored.
  5. Season with salt.
  6. Serve with fried eggs, cuajada and tortillas.