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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Cuban

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 30 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until onion is translucent. Add the bell pepper, and saute until tender. Season with salt, pepper, cumin, oregano and bay leaves. Continue cooking until the mixture looks like a yummy green paste with oil around it. Stir in the tomatoes, if using, and cook stirring until all of the liquid is released. Gradually stir in the tomato sauce simmer until the sauce looks really red. Taste, and adjust seasonings if desired. Remove bay leaves. | 2. Now the sauce is done. You can add it to meat, rice, beans fish or potatoes. Thin the sauce down if necessary with water, wine, beer, or whatever is handy. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable oil	2	tablespoons		234.46400000000003	0.0	0.0	27.2
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
green bell pepper	1		seeded chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic	5	cloves	chopped	22.35	4.959	0.9540000000000001	0.075
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
cumin	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.9688	0.2323	0.0935	0.1169
oregano	1	teaspoon	crushed	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
bay leaf	2			-	-	-	-
tomato	2		chopped	80.4198	17.3796	3.9316	0.8936
tomato sauce	3/4	cup	canned	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.