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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place the water and ham hock in a pressure cooker, check to make sure the steam release holes are clear and cook for 5 minutes. | 2. Add the pinto beans and cook 20 minutes more. | 3. Add the rice, and when the pressure cooker"hisses," cook for another 5 minutes. | 4. While the rice and beans cook, heat the oil in a large skillet and saute the onion and garlic until the onion becomes translucent. | 5. Add the red pepper, jalapeno peppers, oregano and tomatoes, stirring and chopping as you go. | 6. Add 1/4 cup of the reserved tomato juice, half of the salt and half of the pepper. | 7. Lower the heat and simmer 15 minutes. | 8. After the rice and beans have cooked, remove the ham hock, slice off 2 ounces of lean meat and reserve. | 9. Add the cooked rice and beans to the pepper-tomato mixture in the skillet. | 10. Stir in the reserved ham hock meat, 2 Tbs of the cilantro, the capers and the remaining salt and pepper. | 11. To serve: Spoon into bowls and garnish with the remaining cilantro. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
water	4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ham hock	8	ounces	smoked	201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
pinto bean	1	cup	dried	-	-	-	-
grain white rice	1	cup	uncooked	201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
olive oil	1	teaspoon		39.78	0.0	0.0	4.5
sesame oil	1	dash		-	-	-	-
onion	1/2		peeled diced	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic	2	cloves		8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
red bell pepper	1		seeded diced	201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
jalapeno pepper	2		seeded diced	3.2625	0.7312	0.1024	0.0416
oregano	1	tablespoon	chopped	7.95	2.0676	0.27	0.1284
plum tomato	1	can	peeled	201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
cilantro	3	tablespoons	chopped	0.69	0.1101	0.0639	0.0156
caper	2	tablespoons		3.9560000000000004	0.8411	0.4059	0.1479

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