Cuban Vaca Frita is shredded beef chuck crisped up in a pan with garlic, lime, and orange, the way it's done in Cuban kitchens. It comes with garlicky white rice and tender black beans cooked low and slow with onion, cumin, and bay leaf. The whole plate is bright, savoury, and filling — a ready-to-eat dinner that just needs a few minutes in the microwave. A solid weeknight meal with real flavour and zero effort.

Beef chuck, black beans, long grain white rice, yellow onion, diced onions, fresh garlic, minced garlic, fresh orange, olive oil, lime juice, dried oregano, ground cumin, paprika, bay leaves, black pepper, salt.