Starters Recipes - Huevos a la Cubana

Ingredients

• 175 g/6 oz/3/4 cup long-grain rice

• 1 onion, finely chopped

• 1 small garlic clove, crushed

• 60 ml/4 tbsp olive oil

• 2 bananas, cut into thick chunks

• 4 eggs

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Method:

1. Cook the rice in plenty of boiling salted water for 10 minutes or until tender. Drain.

2. Meanwhile, fry (sauté) the onion and garlic in 15 ml/1 tbsp of the oil until soft and brown. Remove from the pan with a draining spoon and keep warm.

3. Add a further 15 ml/1 tbsp of the oil to the pan and fry the bananas until just cooked but still holding their shape. Add to the onion.

4. In a clean frying pan (skillet) heat the remaining oil and fry the eggs until set. Pile the rice on 4 warm plates.

5. Slide an egg on top of each and garnish with the fried onion and garlic and the bananas.