Silpancho Recipe from Ilianna Ayala Garcia

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is lower in fat and pork is often less expensive.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes provide more nutrients and yams are often cheaper.

rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: barley

Quinoa is a protein-rich alternative and barley is often more affordable.

eggs

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: egg substitute

Tofu provides a plant-based option and egg substitutes can be less expensive.

Chop up the vegetables and soak the onions to set aside for the salad.

Boil the potatoes until nice and soft, then cut them up and remove the skin.

Fry the boiled potato pieces on both sides until golden.

Toast the rice in a pan and add cloves of garlic, then add water using a 2 to 1 ratio.

Season the ground meat with salt, pepper, and cumin, then add breadcrumbs and egg, and mix well.

Form the meat mixture into big meatballs, then flatten them thin, almost like paper.

Fry the flattened meatballs on both sides until cooked through.

Fry two eggs for plating.

For plating, start with a bed of rice, add the fried potatoes, then the meat, and top it off with the fried eggs and salad.

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