Rice and Beans

Ingredients

• •1 cup red kidney beans
• •1 cup thick coconut milk
• •1 clove garlic (optional)
• •Salt and pepper to taste
• •2 cups rice
• •1 onion, sliced
• •Piece of salt meat, cut into small pieces

Directions

1. 1Soften beans, soak first, with garlic.
2. 2Boil until tender and whole, adding salt meat (previously boiled to soften) when almost tender.
3. 3Add the milk, onion and seasonings.
4. 4Wash rice, then add to the beans.
5. 5Cook over gentle heat until liquid is absorbed.
6. 6Stir gently with a fork, and add a little water from time to time until rice is cooked.
7. 7Serve hot with a meat dish.
8. 8Some favorite meat dishes with rice and beans are: stuffed baked chicken, stew chicken, stew fish, fried fish or meatballs.