Cape Verde Jagacida Portuguese Rice &Lima Beans
Created by dienia b on February 16, 2024
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Recipe #42368
Ingredients
- 8 ounces long grain white rice (1 1/4 cup)
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 pound Linguica sausage, sliced (smoked sausage)
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 cup frozen lima beans, thawed
- 1/2 cup frozen pearl onion, thawed
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat the oil in a sauce pan and fry the sausage, season with lightly with salt and pepper.
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Step 2: Add the onions and garlic stir until onions are tender but taking care not to burn the garlic.
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Step 3: Add tomato paste, don't burn.
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Step 4: Add paprika, water and bay leaf, mix together well.
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Step 5: Add in the lima beans, thawed pearl onions and rice stirring to combine, bring to a boil.
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Step 6: Turn down to simmer and cover.
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Step 7: Cook for 20 minutes, take off heat and leave covered 5 minutes.
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Step 8: Remove the bay leaf and season to taste.
Nutritional Facts
- 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