Name: Picaldillo with Rice and Black Beans
Ingredients: 1 c Dried black beans; 3 c Water; 1/2 lb Ham hock; 1 1/2 ts Salt; 1 md Onion, chopped; 2 tb Chopped green peppers; 2 lg Garlic cloves, chopped; 1 tb Olive oil; 1 tb Oil; 1 Onion, chopped; 1/2 Green pepper, chopped; 1 1/2 lb Lean ground beef; 2 c Canned tomatoes, undrained; 1 tb Raisins; 1 ts Capers; 1/2 ts Tabasco sauce (optional); Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste; 3 c Cooked rice; 2 Hard-cooked eggs, forced through a sieve; 4 sl Bacon, fried crisp and crumbled; 4 Bananas, sliced lengthwise and sauteed in butter (my note...I'd probably use sweet plaintains sauteed in olive oil myself here)

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Meats, Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Dried black beans
3	c	Water
1/2	lb	Ham hock
1 1/2	ts	Salt
1	md	Onion, chopped
2	tb	Chopped green peppers
2	lg	Garlic cloves, chopped
1	tb	Olive oil
1	tb	Oil
1		Onion, chopped
1/2		Green pepper, chopped
1 1/2	lb	Lean ground beef
2	c	Canned tomatoes, undrained
1	tb	Raisins
1	ts	Capers
1/2	ts	Tabasco sauce (optional)
		Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
3	c	Cooked rice
2		Hard-cooked eggs, forced through a sieve
4	sl	Bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
4		Bananas, sliced lengthwise and sauteed in butter (my note…I'd probably use sweet plaintains sauteed in olive oil myself here)

INSTRUCTIONS

BEANS
PICADILLO
RICE, ETC
This next one is from one of my favoite cookbooks...the Dinah Shore
Cookbook. I haven't tried it myself, but I have had picadillo from another
recipe, and it is very good! Unfortunately, that recipe I lost a long time
ago :(. Also, this calls for a garnish of crumble bacon and sieved
hard-cooked eggs. In my opinion the dish would be excellent without it. I
would not bother adding that myself...it is personal taste. And the
beans...if you were short on time or didn't want to go through all the work
of preparing them as per the recipe (cause I'm pretty lazy
:) I would suggest using a can or 2 of black beans, sauteeing the onion,
garlic & peppers in the oil, adding the beans with a bit of chopped ham if
you like, salt & pepper to taste and simmering that for a few minutes. The
beans are used as a topping on this.
(my addition..I would add some green pimiento stuffed olives also -- that's
how I've had it before)
Beans: Cover beans with water and let stand overnight. Drain. Add water and
bring to boil. Skim scum from top. Add ham hock and simmer, covered, until
eans are tender, about 2 hours, adding more water if necessary. Add salt
REmove ham from hock and cut into small chunks. Add to beans. Brown onions,
green pepeprs and garlic in oil. Add to beans and serve as a sauce for
picadillo and rice.
Picadillo: Sautee onions and green peppers in oil until brown. Add ground
beef, tomatoes, raisins, capers, tabasco, salt & pepper (and olives, if you
got 'em!). Cook, stirring, until mixutre is almost dry.
Arrange beans & picadillo over rice on warmed platter. Sprinkle with grated
egg and crumbled bacon over top. Garnish with bananas.. Posted to TNT -
Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter  by NAFY67C@prodigy.com (DEBORAH
EPSTEIN) on Mar 29, 1997

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