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black beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Lentils offer a similar texture with fewer calories.

shredded beef

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Chicken is leaner and ground beef is often less expensive.

plantains

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: bananas

Sweet potatoes provide similar sweetness and texture.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often less expensive and neutral in flavor.

Cook the meat in 0.5 liters of shallot seasoned water for at least an hour.

Cook the black beans in a pressure cooker with garlic and shallots for at least half an hour.

Chop the tomatoes and grate them with a mandolin.

Chop the onion and the white part of the leeks.

Combine all chopped ingredients in a pan and season with salt, pepper, turmeric, and half a crumbled chicken stock cube.

Add oil and 150 milliliters of white vinegar to the pan.

Remove fatty bits from the cooked meat and tenderize it by hitting it with a meat pounder.

Separate the meat by following the direction of the fibers.

Cook the black bean sauce and add other beans to it, along with the meat juices.

Mix all ingredients to marinate in the base of the casserole and let it simmer for at least half an hour.

Garnish the dish with beans, meat, and slices of fried plantains and a slice of fresh cow's cheese.

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