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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in a large, heavy pot over medium heat. Add bacon and cook until lightly browned, about 4 minutes. | 2. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat. | 3. Add onion, bell pepper, garlic, basil, thyme, salt and pepper, and cook until the onion is golden brown, about 5 minutes. | 4. Stir in tomato paste and sugar and cook for 2 minutes more. | 5. Add water and bring to a boil. | 6. Stir in rice and lime juice and return to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and cook 15 minutes. | 7. If the rice is too dry, add 2-3 tablespoons water. If too wet, leave cover ajar for remaining cooking time. | 8. Stir in peas. Cook until rice is tender, about 3 minutes more. | 9. Remove pot from heat and let stand for 5 minutes. | 10. Fluff with fork and correct seasoning if needed. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable oil	1	tablespoon		117.23200000000001	0.0	0.0	13.6
bacon	4	slices	cut	467.04	1.4336	14.1344	44.4528
onion	1		chopped	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
green bell pepper	1		stemmed seeded chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
basil leaf	6	leaves		-	-	-	-
thyme	1	teaspoon		0.8079999999999999	0.1956	0.0445	0.0134
salt	2 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
sugar	1/2	teaspoon		9.177	2.2954	0.0	0.0
water	5 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
grain white rice	3	cups		-	-	-	-
lime juice	1	tablespoon		3.7812	1.2735	0.0635	0.0106
black eyed pea	2	cups	black-eyed	-	-	-	-

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