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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the meatballs: | 2. Grate the onion. Mince the 2 garlic cloves. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and spray with cooking spray. | 3. In a large bowl mix the ground beef, rice, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Form mixture into 2" meatballs and put on the prepared baking sheet. Spray tops of meatballs with cooking spray. | 4. Broil meatballs, 6 inches from the heat, turning to brown all sides. Remove pan from oven and set aside while preparing the sauce. | 5. For the sauce: | 6. Chop the onion, bell pepper, and tomatoes. Mince the garlic and jalapeno. | 7. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute the onion, garlic, bell pepper, and jalapeno for about 3 minutes. Stir in stock, rum, olives, tomatoes, ginger, tomato paste, molasses, and lime juice. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently, then reduce heat to low and simmer for about 10 minutes. | 8. Add meatballs and cilantro to the sauce and bring to a boil Reduce heat, cover, and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes. Turn meatballs occasionally while simmering. | 9. Combine cornstarch and 1 tablespoon cold water in a small cup, mixing well. Stir into the skillet and simmer for 2 more minutes, until the sauce is slightly thickened. | 10. Serve sprinkled with chopped peanuts. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1 1/4		ground	1122.6425	0.0	110.1097	72.178
rice	1	cup	cooked	675.25	147.9075	13.1905	1.2209999999999999
onion	1			28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
garlic clove	2			-	-	-	-
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
vegetable oil	2	tablespoons		234.46400000000003	0.0	0.0	27.2
red onion	1			-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4			-	-	-	-
green bell pepper	1			-	-	-	-
jalapeno pepper	1			-	-	-	-
beef stock	2	cups		342.72	37.3464	12.6504	16.1784
dark rum	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
green olive	1/4	cup	sliced	-	-	-	-
tomato	3			66.42	14.3541	3.2472	0.738
ginger	2	tablespoons	grated ground	9.6	2.1324	0.2184	0.09
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
molasses	2	tablespoons		122.1625	31.48	0.0	0.0421
lime juice	2	tablespoons		7.5625	2.5469999999999997	0.127	0.0212
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
cornstarch	1	tablespoon		30.48	7.3016	0.0208	0.004
peanut	1/2	cup	chopped salted	413.91	11.7749	18.834	35.9452
cooking spray				-	-	-	-

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