For me, beans and rice are comfort food at its best. While everyone went fishing at Castaic Lake, I stayed home and decided to get some chores done and have food ready when the family got home. I wanted to make something that didnt require me going out to the store. So I found some beans and the left over ham bone from the Christmas dinner and I knew what was coming next. You can't have beans without rice so I dug into the pantry and pulled out long-grain rice and a can of tomato sauce. Then for the salad there was a head of lettuce in the fridge, a few radishes and a couple of tomatoes. And of course I added some cilantro. My sister-in-law brought over some lemons from her tree and I squeezed some of the juice onto the salad with a dash of olive oil, salt and pepper. Simple but oh, so good. The only thing missing was home-made flour tortillas.
I got my biggest pot and filled it up with water and added probably 3 or 4 cups of clean and rinsed beans. I added the ham bone and cooked the beans for 3 hours. I added the salt (2 teaspoons) at the last half hour of cooking time. Normally I use 1 tablespoon of salt but since I added some ham and the ham bone, I figured I didnt need as much salt.
For the rice I sauteed it with garlic and some onions. I used 2 cups of rice to 4 cups of water, added a can of tomato sauce , 2 tsp. of salt and simmered it for about 25 minutes.
And don't forget the pickled jalapenos or if you have the time to make a salsa of your own.
Buen provecho!!!
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