Rice and Beans

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • 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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Introduction

A great comfort food. Hearty and satisfying A great comfort food. Hearty and satisfying
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1/2 pound kidney beans
    1-2 cups water (to cover hock)
    1 small smoked ham hock
    1/2 lb ground sausage and beef
    ! 12 oz can of diced tomatoes
    1 green or red pepper chopped
    1 small onion chopped
    1 or 2 hot peppers chopped
    Chili Powder to taste
    Onion powder to taste
    Ground pepper flakes if desired.

Directions

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.