Pork and Beans, Cuban Style

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 303.4
  • Total Fat: 5.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 25.1 mg
  • Sodium: 275.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 43.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 8.7 g
  • Protein: 18.2 g

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Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    6 oz Pork Tenderloin, cut into thin strips
    1 tbsp Brown Sugar
    1 tsp salt
    3 slices Bacon, cut into 1/2 pieces
    1 Onion chopped
    2-3 tsp cumin to taste
    2 Carrots, diced
    1 can (15 oz) Tomatoes, diced, drained juice reserved
    1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
    1 can (15 oz) Sweet Corn, drained
    1/4 cup Rum
    1 tbsp Pepper Jam

Directions

Toss the pork with the brown sugar and salt and set aside.
Saute half the bacon in a saute pan until crisp over medium high heat. Remove bacon while retaining the rendered oil in the pan. Remove from pan and set aside in a clean bowl.
Cook the pork in the same pan as the bacon, in the retained oil until browned. Remove from pan and set aside in a clean bowl.
Cook the remaining raw bacon until crisp. Remove from pan and set aside in a clean bowl. Retain rendered oil.
Saute onion in bacon oil until translucent.
Add cumin, saute until fragrant (~30 seconds).
Add carrots. Saute until the carrots are just beginning to get tender.
Add tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Add beans and corn. Saute briefly (1-2 minutes).
Add rum and scrape brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
Add reserved tomato juice.
Simmer for about 5 minutes.
Serve over rice.

Serving Size: Makes 6 servings

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LEATHERMARTINI.