Pastelon (Puerto Rican Layered Casserole)

Name: Pastelon (Puerto Rican Layered Casserole)
Total time: 81
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground beef; 1 cup tomato sauce; 0.33333334326744 cup sofrito; 8 green olives, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon crushed garlic; 1 teaspoon salt, divided; 0.25 cup recao; 0.25 teaspoon dried oregano; cooking spray; 0.75 cup vegetable oil; 6 large ripe plantains - peeled, halved, and each half cut lengthwise into 4 slices; 5 large eggs; 1 (9 ounce) package frozen French cut green beans, thawed and drained; 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe by Jenna M from allrecipes.com

Dinner 1 Hr. 21 Mins.

Ingredients

8 servings

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1 pound lean ground beef
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1 cup tomato sauce
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0.33333334326744 cup sofrito
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8 green olives, finely chopped
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1 teaspoon crushed garlic
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1 teaspoon salt, divided
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0.25 cup recao

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0.25 teaspoon dried oregano
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cooking spray
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0.75 cup vegetable oil
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6 large ripe plantains - peeled, halved, and each half cut lengthwise into 4 slices
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5 large eggs
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1 (9 ounce) package frozen French cut green beans, thawed and drained
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1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef; cook and stir until browned on the outside and no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes. Remove meat from pan; drain fat.
Place tomato sauce, sofrito, green olives, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon salt, recao, and oregano in the skillet. Cook and stir over medium-low heat for 5 minutes. Return ground beef to skillet; reduce to a simmer. Cook, uncovered and stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes more.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8- or 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
Pour oil into a large skillet over medium-high heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Fry plantain slices until golden, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels.
Beat eggs thoroughly in a bowl; add 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Line the bottom of the baking pan with half the plantains, overlapping as needed. Layer ground beef mixture, green beans, and remaining plantains; pour eggs on top. Top with mozzarella cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven until eggs are set and cheese is melted, 20 to 25 minutes.