Cape Verde Jagacida Portuguese Rice &Lima Beans
Recipe: #42368
February 16, 2024
Categories: Beans, Pork Sausage, Rice, White Rice, Portuguese, One-Pot Meal Frozen Vegetables, White Beans, more
"I would heat the frozen veggies in microwave while the other veggies are sweating in the pot. lol They call this Jag, as a shortcut. Some folks don't use tomato paste."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (270.1 g)
- Calories 461.5
- Total Fat - 24.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.8 g
- Cholesterol - 43.9 mg
- Sodium - 893.8 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 46.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 1.6 g
- Protein - 12.5 g
- Calcium - 38.7 mg
- Iron - 2.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat the oil in a sauce pan and fry the sausage, season with lightly with salt and pepper.
Step 2
Add the onions and garlic stir until onions are tender but taking care not to burn the garlic.
Step 3
Add tomato paste, don't burn.
Step 4
Add paprika, water and bay leaf, mix together well.
Step 5
Add in the lima beans, thawed pearl onions and rice stirring to combine, bring to a boil.
Step 6
Turn down to simmer and cover.
Step 7
Cook for 20 minutes, take off heat and leave covered 5 minutes.
Step 8
Remove the bay leaf and season to taste.
Tips
No special items needed.