Cuban recipe

Cuban Completa with Congrí, Smoked Pork Chops, Yuca with Mojo and Avocado

Name: Cuban Completa with Congrí, Smoked Pork Chops, Yuca with Mojo and Avocado
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 115 min
Ingredients: 1 cup dried red beans; 2 cups long-grain white rice; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 green pepper, chopped; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 2 bay leaves; 3 tablespoons oil; Salt to taste; 4 smoked pork chops; 1 large onion, cut into rings; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 kg yuca; 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped; ½ cup oil; ½ cup sour orange juice; Salt to taste; 2 ripe avocados, sliced

A hearty plate with red bean congrí, golden smoked pork chops, yuca with Cuban mojo and fresh sliced avocado.

CiberCubaNovember 11, 2026

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Preparation25 min
Cooking1 h 30 min
Total time1 h 55 min
Servings4 servings
DifficultyMedium

The Cuban Completa, a combination plate piled high with good things, has it all: flavorful congrí, golden pork, tender yuca bathed in mojo and fresh avocado to balance it out. It is a hearty lunch, the kind served with pride at the Sunday table.

Here each component is made separately so that each one comes out just right, and then they are brought together on one generous plate, as tradition dictates.

Method

Congrí

Put the soaked red beans in a pot with 5 cups of water and the bay leaves. Cook them over medium heat, covered, until tender, about 45-60 minutes (or 20 in a pressure cooker). Leave them in their cooking liquid.
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In a large pot, heat the oil and sauté the onion, pepper and garlic until soft and fragrant. Add the cumin and oregano.
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Measure out 4 cups of the bean cooking liquid with some of the beans and add them to the sofrito. Add the rice and salt and raise the heat until it boils.
When the liquid has almost been absorbed, lower the heat to the minimum, cover and cook for about 20 minutes without stirring. Fluff with a fork and let rest, covered, for 5 minutes.
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Yuca with mojo

Put the yuca in a pot with salted water and boil over medium heat for 25-30 minutes, until very tender. Drain it and remove the central fiber if it has one.
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Heat the oil over low heat with the chopped garlic, without letting it brown, only until it bubbles gently (1-2 minutes). Turn off the heat, add the sour orange and the salt, and mix.
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Chops

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Brown the chops on both sides until they are very hot and golden (precooked: 4-5 minutes per side; raw: covered and over medium heat for about 15-18 minutes in total).
Remove the chops, sauté the onion rings in the same skillet until they soften and brown lightly, and place them on top of the chops.