Rice and Beans
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- Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
1/2 pound kidney beans1-2 cups water (to cover hock)1 small smoked ham hock1/2 lb ground sausage and beef! 12 oz can of diced tomatoes1 green or red pepper chopped1 small onion chopped1 or 2 hot peppers choppedChili Powder to tasteOnion powder to tasteGround pepper flakes if desired.
Night before - soak kidney beans with water to cover cover.
Cover ham hock with water. When simmering, add presoaked beans. Simmer for approximately 2 hours. Remove and strip lean meat from hock. Discard fat and bone. While hock is cooking saute ground sausage and beef combination. Add all chopped peppers and onion. Continue saute unitl onion is clear, meat is no longer red, and peepers are soft. Add cooked sausage/vegetables and diced tomatoes to pot with beans. Add salt and pepper and seasonings to taste. Continue cooking for 1 hour unitl mixture is creamy and as thick as you like. Cook rice as directed on package, computing the time so that rice is done at same time as bean mixture. Serve hot over cooked rice. Enjoy!
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FRANM13.
Cover ham hock with water. When simmering, add presoaked beans. Simmer for approximately 2 hours. Remove and strip lean meat from hock. Discard fat and bone. While hock is cooking saute ground sausage and beef combination. Add all chopped peppers and onion. Continue saute unitl onion is clear, meat is no longer red, and peepers are soft. Add cooked sausage/vegetables and diced tomatoes to pot with beans. Add salt and pepper and seasonings to taste. Continue cooking for 1 hour unitl mixture is creamy and as thick as you like. Cook rice as directed on package, computing the time so that rice is done at same time as bean mixture. Serve hot over cooked rice. Enjoy!
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FRANM13.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 610.1
- Total Fat: 28.2 g
- Cholesterol: 60.8 mg
- Sodium: 1,328.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 63.0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 14.9 g
- Protein: 26.0 g
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