Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Basic Black Beans* -- cooked black beans
3 6" pieces of slab bacon 1 c Uncooked rice
2 Garlic cloves; crushed 1/2 c Water
2 tb Olive oil 1/2 c Black beans; drained
1 c Liquid from previously 1/2 ts Olive oil

*See previous Basic Black Beans recipe.

Prepare Basic Black Beans recipe, reserving liquid from beans.

In a 2-qt. saucepan, saute slab bacon and garlic in olive oil until
they are lightly browned. Remove from pan; set aside.

Put rice in the pan and cook until it begins to crackle. Add water
and liquid from black beans. Cover and cook over medium-low heat
until rice is rather dry (water will be almost completely absorbed)
and almost tender. Add black beans and olive oil; cook a little
longer until rice is tender but not too soft or mushy. Mix in
browned pieces of bacon and garlic. Serve hot.

Recipe from Sandy Vasquez of Honduras and Miami, FL, who got the
recipe from her Cuban grandmother. Tried on 09/01/90 when Sandy
taught a Cuban cooking class at The Cookbook Cottage/1279 Bardstown
Rd./Louisville, KY 40204. Posted by Cathy Harned. Converted by MMCONV
vers. 1.00 Submitted By BARRY WEINSTEIN On 10-29-94

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