Best Palomilla Recipes

STEAKS IN GARLIC LIME MARINADE (PALOMILLA)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except for the steaks in a food processor or blender. Process until the mixture is a smooth liquid paste.
• On a plate or in a zip top bag, combine 1/2 of the marinade with the steaks, making sure the meat is well coated. Let sit in the refrigerator for 1/2 hour. Reserve the remaining marinade.
• Grill the steaks over high heat, 2-3 minutes per side, basting if desired with the remaining marinade.
• Remove to a serving dish, brush with any remaining marinade, and serve.

BISTEC DE PALOMILLA (CUBAN FRIED STEAK)

Steps:

• Pound the steaks on both sides, using a mallet, until 1/4-inch thin. Season with garlic, lime juice, salt & pepper. Allow to marinate at least 1 hour, refrigerated.
• Remove the steaks from marinade & pat dry. In a large frying pan, heat the oil over medium heat until very hot. Brown each steak for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
• Transfer the steaks to a serving platter & keep warm. Add the marinade & onion to the pan & cook until the onion is slightly wilted, 3 to 4 minutes. Garnish the steaks with the onion & parsley & serve immediately.

BISTEC DE PALOMILLA

Steps:

• Season steaks with salt and pepper. Put steaks, juice from 2 limes and garlic in a 1-gallon zip-top bag or in a shallow glass pan or plate. Marinate for at least an hour.
• When ready to cook, put oil and butter in a heavy frying pan over medium heat. When butter stops foaming, add onions and sauté until soft and just starting to turn color, about 5 minutes. Remove onions to a bowl, cover with foil and set aside.
• Turn heat under pan to medium-high. Add steaks, being sure not to crowd the pan and adding a little more olive oil if needed. Cook about 2 minutes per side, flipping when juices come to surface. Remove to a platter or individual plates.
• Add any leftover pan juices to onions, along with juice from remaining lime, and parsley. Top steaks with onions. Serve with white rice.

CUBAN PAN FRIED STEAK (BISTEC DE PALOMILLA)

Steps:

• Cut steaks into six equal portions. Season steaks with garlic, lime juice, salt, and pepper. Allow to marinate at least 1 hour, refrigerated.
• Remove the steaks from the marinade and pat dry; reserve marinade. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat until very hot, and brown each steak for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
• Transfer the steaks to a serving platter and keep warm. Add the reserved marinade and onion to the pan and cook until the onion is slightly wilted, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Garnish the steaks with the onion and parsley and serve immediately.

BISTEC DE PALOMILLA

Steps:

• Season steaks with salt and pepper. Put steaks, juice from 2 limes and garlic in a 1-gallon zip-top bag or in a shallow glass pan or plate. Marinate for at least an hour.
• When ready to cook, put oil and butter in a heavy frying pan over medium heat. When butter stops foaming, add onions and sauté until soft and just starting to turn color, about 5 minutes. Remove onions to a bowl, cover with foil and set aside.
• Turn heat under pan to medium-high. Add steaks, being sure not to crowd the pan and adding a little more olive oil if needed. Cook about 2 minutes per side, flipping when juices come to surface. Remove to a platter or individual plates.
• Add any leftover pan juices to onions, along with juice from remaining lime, and parsley. Top steaks with onions. Serve with white rice.

BISTEC DE PALOMILLA

Steps:

• 1. Remove the steak from the packaging and place onto a plate. Sprinkle with adobo seasoning, black pepper, a little garlic powder, and lime juice on both sides. Rub the minced garlic into the steak with all of the seasonings, and allow to marinate for about 30 minutes to 1 hour in the fridge.
• 2. In a pot with a tight fitting lid, bring the water to a boil. Add salt before boiling. In a heavy bottomed skillet, add canola oil to the pan and allow the pan to heat on medium high heat. Rinse the rice in a mesh colander, to remove all of the starch from the rice. This step is very important! The rinsing of the rice makes all the difference. From there, you will add the rice to the hot oil in the skillet. Fry the rice over medium high heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Rice is ready to add to boiling water when it becomes clumpy. Add rice to boiling water, and stir once. Cover the pot, and turn the heat down to 4 or low/simmer. Allow the rice to simmer/steam, uninterrupted, for 25-30 minutes. Do NOT remove the lid from the pot, or else the steam which is necessary to cook the rice will escape and you will end up with hard rice.
• 3. After about 15 or so minutes of the rice cooking, you can feel free to begin the next step. Slice the onion very thinly and add two tablespoons of butter to a heavy bottomed skillet. Over medium heat, allow the pan to heat up and the butter to melt. Add the onion, add a dash of salt and pepper, and saute, caramelizing the onions. This should take 7-9 minutes or so. Remove from the pan, and place on a plate or in a bowl for the time being.
• 4. Add two tablespoons of butter to the same skillet. Allow to heat up and melt nicely over medium high heat. Remove meat from the refrigerator, and add to the pan - avoiding overcrowding the meat. If you need to cook in batches, feel free. You will want to sear the steak on both sides, which is why we are using medium high heat here. You don't want to overcook the steak as it will become tough and hard to cut and chew. Cook about 2-3 minutes per side, and remove from the pan to a plate.
• 5. Heat up a can of black bean soup in a small sauce pan. This will be served over the rice. Add a bit of water to thin out the sauce, and let it cook over medium heat for about 5-10 minutes, or until heated through and beans are softened. Or, you could microwave the beans in a microwave safe bowl. Once the rice is finished, this will be served over the top.
• 6. Once rice is finished, remove the lid and fluff with a fork. Allow the lid to sit off of the rice for about 5 minutes to allow excess steam to escape. Turn heat off, and remove pan from the burner. Serve the rice with a hearty scoop of blackbeans and sauce over the rice, and add a slice of steak with the caremlized onions on top. If you'd like, you can add some more lime juice to the steak once you plate it up for a truly authentic flavor. The more lime, the better when it comes to this recipe! The citrus really sets off the flavor of the garlic in this recipe.

BISTEC DE PALOMILLA

Steps:

• The most typical steak served in Cuban restaurants. If you have access to a Cuban butcher, you have it made. Otherwise get your local butcher to thin slice sirloin steak no more than 1/4 inch "thick. You can also get a thicker slice and pound it out with a meat hammer. " In a large frying pan, heat olive oil over high heat. Just before the oil starts to smoke, drop the steaks in, two or three at a time. You have to be very quick! Heat each side no more than one minute - less time if you like your meat rare. Once the steaks are cooked, remove the steaks, remove pan from heat and quickly add lime juice to deglaze the pan. Add four tablespoons of butter and the garlic. Return to low heat and cook long enough to heat through, but do not brown or otherwise overcook the garlic. Pour the sauce on the steaks and serve with fresh lime sections.

PALOMILLA

Steps:

• If the beef is an inch thick or more, slice it in half horizontally and cut each slice in two to make a total of four steaks. Pound the steaks thin, about a quarter of an inch or less, as if making veal scaloppine or minute steaks.
• Mix the garlic, oregano, salt and pepper with the bread crumbs and press the seasoned crumbs into both side of the steaks.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over a high flame and brown the steaks quickly, about two minutes on each side. Keep the steaks warm on a platter.

BISTEC DE PALOMILLA (CUBAN FRIED STEAK)

Steps:

• 1. Pound the steaks on both sides, using a mallet, until 1/4-inch thin. Season with garlic, lime juice, salt and pepper, and allow to marinate at least 1 hour, refrigerated.
• 2. Remove the steaks from the marinade and pat dry. In a large frying pan, heat the oil over medium heat until very hot, and brown each steak for 2-3 minutes on each side. Transfer the steaks to a serving platter and keep warm.
• 3. Add the marinade and onion to the pan and cook over medium-high heat until the onion is slightly wilted, 3-4 minutes. Garnish the steaks with the onion and parsley and serve immediately.

STEAK IN GARLIC-LIME MARINADE / PALOMILLA

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the adobo. Combine the garlic, salt, cumin, and pepper in a mortar and grind to a paste with the pestle. Work in the lime juice and oil to a smooth paste. Alternatively, place all the ingredients in a blender and process to a smooth purée. Correct the seasoning, adding salt and pepper as necessary the mixture should be highly seasoned.2. Preheat the grill to high.3. When ready to cook, oil the grill grate. Brush the onion slices with the oil and arrange on the hot grate. Brush the steaks with the adobo mixture and place on the hot grate with the onion (see Note). Grill the steaks to taste, 2 to 3 minutes per side for medium-rare, basting with the adobo and rotating 90 degrees after 1 minute to create an attractive crosshatch of grill marks. Always use tongs when moving or turning the steak. Grill the onions until nicely charred, 3 to 4 minutes per side, seasoning with salt and pepper.4. Transfer the steaks to plates or a platter and brush one final time with the adobo. Let stand for 3 minutes, then serve with the grilled onions on the side.Serves 4Note: To give the steaks a richer garlic, cumin, and lime flavor, marinate them in the adobo in a nonreactive baking dish for 10 minutes before grilling.