Arroz a la cubana () (Cuban-style rice) or ''arroz cubano'' is a rice dish popular in several Hispanic countries. Its defining ingredients are

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...

and a

fried egg A fried egg, also known as sunny-side up is a cooked dish made from one or more eggs which are removed from their shells and placed into a frying pan and fried. They are traditionally eaten for breakfast in many countries but may also be ser ...

. A plantain or banana, and

tomato sauce Tomato sauce (also known as ''salsa roja'' in Spanish or ''salsa di pomodoro'' in Italian) can refer to many different sauces made primarily from tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish, rather than as a condiment. Tomato sauces are c ...

, are so frequently used as often to be considered defining ingredients.Ismael Sarmiento Ramírez, (2003), Alimentación y relaciones sociales en la Cuba colonial, Anales del Museo de América, ISSN 1133-8741, Nº. 11, pp 197-226 In Catalonia, sausages frequently stand in for the plantains. Its origin is not definitively known; various informal sources state without references that it originated in

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, the

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, etc. Some authors consider that it may have originated from rice dishes with fried eggs from Cuba when it was a Spanish colony. There are many minor variations, even within the same regions. In Spain, a typical dish of ''arroz a la cubana'' consists of a serving of white rice with tomato sauce and a fried egg. Sometimes a

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Recipe from Perú, using plantain
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This variant uses banana. ''Arroz a la cubana'' has been eaten in the Philippines since Spanish colonial times.Antonio Quilis,Celia Casado Fresnillo, (2008), La lengua española en Filipinas: Historia. Situación actual, CSIC, Madrid. The modern version always includes ground beef cooked with tomatoes or tomato sauce, and this beef preparation by itself corresponds to ''

picadillo Picadillo (, "mince") is a traditional dish in many Latin American countries and the Philippines. It is made with ground meat (most commonly beef), tomatoes (tomato sauce may be used as a substitute), and also raisins, olives, and other ingredien ...

'' in Latin America. In other words, ''arroz a la cubana'' in the Philippines is a combination of ''picadillo'' and ''arroz a la cubana'' as understood in other countries. It typically consists of ground beef sauteed with onions, garlic, tomato sauce, diced potatoes, raisins, and diced carrots, plus white rice, a fried egg and a ripe native banana, sliced length-wise and fried. In Peru, it is common for the dish to consist of white rice, fried plantain, a fried hot-dog wiener, and a fried egg over the white rice.

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