Arroz Tapado

Ingredients

• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• to taste lemon juice
• to taste salt
• 4 cups water
• 1 pound washed rice
• 1 onion
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 4 tbsp raisins
• 5 black olives
• 3 hard eggs; 2 chopped
• 1 tbsp parsley

Steps

1. Sauté the garlic in oil.
2. Add a few drops of lemon juice, salt and the water.
3. Bring to a boil.
4. Add rice and cook until tender.
5. This should take 20–25 minutes.
6. In another pan, stir in onions and sauté.
7. Add meat, tomatoes, tomato paste, raisins, olives, egg and parsley.
8. Take an 8-ounce measuring cup and coat the inside with a little oil.
9. Fill halfway with rice, add some meat filling and add more rice to top of cup.
10. Invert onto a plate and carefully remove cup.
11. Cut the remaining hard-boiled egg in half.
12. Serve the two halves along side the arroz tapado on the same plate.