Caribbean Beans and Rice

Ingredients

• 14 ounce coconut milk canned
• 0.5  habanero chile pepper seeded
• 1 cup kidney beans dried
• 1  garlic clove pressed
• 3  green onions chopped
• 1 teaspoon pepper 
• 1.5 cups rice long-grain uncooked
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 pound salt pork 
• 1 tablespoon teaspoon thyme dried fresh chopped
• 4.5 cups water 

Equipment

• dutch oven

Directions

1. Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water to 2 inches above beans. Soak 8 hours.
2. Drain and rinse.
3. Bring beans and next 3 ingredients to a boil in Dutch oven. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes or until beans are tender.
4. Add rice and next 5 ingredients; return to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until rice is tender.
5. Remove and discard pork; stir in green onions.
6. *2 teaspoons habanero hot sauce may be sustituted for 1/2 habanero chile pepper.