Arroz a la Cubana (Rice with Meat and Vegetables)

Ingredients

• •3/5 pound lean ground pork
• •3/5 pound ground beef
• •2 tablespoons oil
• •1 tablespoon garlic, macerated
• •a small onion, sliced thin
• •1 large tomato, sliced
• •1 small box of raisins
• •1/4 teaspoon pepper
• •1 teaspoon salt
• •6 cups cooked (steamed) rice, molded (use a cup as mold)
• •fried saba or plaintain banana, sliced
• •fried sweet potatoes
• •sunny side up fried eggs, one per person

Directions

1. 1Sautee garlic, onion, and tomato in hot oil until tender.
2. 2Add meat and cook until done.
3. 3Add the rest of the ingredients and season. Arrange the molds of rice on a huge platter. Arrange in the central part of the platter the cooked meat mixture, the fried bananas and sweet potatoes. Top it off with a mold of rice and fried eggs.