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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Cuban

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cook bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat until crsip. | 2. Remove bacon from pan, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings in pan, crumble bacon, and set aside on paper towel to drain. | 3. Add oil to pan. | 4. Add onion and bell pepper; sauté over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until onion is tender. | 5. Add garlic; sauté 1 minute or just until garlic begins to brown. | 6. Add tomato paste; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. | 7. Add rice, oregano, cumin, salt, and black pepper; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. | 8. Place reserved bacon and bay leaf in pan; stir in 6 cans of broth and bring to a boil. | 9. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until rice is tender. | 10. Remove from heat; discard bay leaf. | 11. Stir in remaining can of broth and beans. | 12. Cook 5 minutes over low heat or until heated through, stirring frquently, but carefully. | 13. Garnish with green onions, if desired or/and parsley, if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bacon	8	slices		934.08	2.8672	28.2688	88.9056
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	2	cups	chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
green bell pepper	1 1/2	cups	chopped	43.785	9.591000000000001	1.5012	0.563
garlic clove	4		minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
tomato paste	2	tablespoons		26.24	6.0512	1.3824	0.1504
grain rice	2	cups	uncooked	1350.5	295.815	26.381	2.4419999999999997
oregano	1 1/2	1/2	dried	3.975	1.0338	0.135	0.0642
cumin	1 1/2	1/2		11.8125	1.3936	0.561	0.7015
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
bay leaf	1			-	-	-	-
chicken broth	7	cans	divided divided low sodium	661.85	16.0125	94.367	22.204
red bean	3	cans	rinsed drained	2731.0345	494.8966	201.6828	2.069
green onion			sliced	-	-	-	-
parsley			chopped	-	-	-	-

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