ottermum
10-23-2004, 01:51 PM
I'm making this for dinner tonight and it's REALLY good! The original recipe called for bacon and white rice, but I usually leave the bacon out anyway. I met a guy from Jamaica in the grocery store and he said brown rice would be great for this recipe.
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Jamaican Rice & Peas- Core version
Recipe By :Elm Street Magazine
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Entrees and Side Dishes Meatless
Side
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 onion -- chopped
1 clove garlic -- minced
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 28 oz/ 796 ml can diced tomatoes -- undrained
1 19 oz/ 540 ml can red kidney beans -- drained and rinsed well
1 1/2 cups brown rice
3/4 cup water
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
hot pepper sauce to taste
1. Cook beef in a large saucepan over medium heat until cooked. Remove
beef with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl. Pour off al fat from
saucepan. Add onion and garlic, then cook, stirring frequently, over
medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, until onion is soft but not brown.
2. Stir in tomatoes with their juice, beans, rice, water, thyme, salt and
pepper, then bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, then
simmer, covered, until rice is tender and has absorbed most
of the liquid, maybe 40 minutes. Add cooked ground beef.
3. Remove sauce pan from heat and let stand, covered for 10 minutes, until
most of the liquid is absorbed. Seasoned with salt and hot pepper sauce to
taste.
Description:
"You adjust the hotness with hot sauce"
Source:
"Elm Street Magazine"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 381 Calories; 14g Fat (34.1%
calories from fat); 19g Protein; 44g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 39mg
Cholesterol; 178mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat;
1/2 Vegetable; 2 Fat.
NOTES : 7.98 points If you add ground beef. Makes a great main
meal for 4 people.
4.57 points without beef.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* Exported from MasterCook *
Jamaican Rice & Peas- Core version
Recipe By :Elm Street Magazine
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Entrees and Side Dishes Meatless
Side
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 onion -- chopped
1 clove garlic -- minced
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 28 oz/ 796 ml can diced tomatoes -- undrained
1 19 oz/ 540 ml can red kidney beans -- drained and rinsed well
1 1/2 cups brown rice
3/4 cup water
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
hot pepper sauce to taste
1. Cook beef in a large saucepan over medium heat until cooked. Remove
beef with a slotted spoon and place in a bowl. Pour off al fat from
saucepan. Add onion and garlic, then cook, stirring frequently, over
medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, until onion is soft but not brown.
2. Stir in tomatoes with their juice, beans, rice, water, thyme, salt and
pepper, then bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, then
simmer, covered, until rice is tender and has absorbed most
of the liquid, maybe 40 minutes. Add cooked ground beef.
3. Remove sauce pan from heat and let stand, covered for 10 minutes, until
most of the liquid is absorbed. Seasoned with salt and hot pepper sauce to
taste.
Description:
"You adjust the hotness with hot sauce"
Source:
"Elm Street Magazine"
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 381 Calories; 14g Fat (34.1%
calories from fat); 19g Protein; 44g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 39mg
Cholesterol; 178mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat;
1/2 Vegetable; 2 Fat.
NOTES : 7.98 points If you add ground beef. Makes a great main
meal for 4 people.
4.57 points without beef.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0