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Bacalao and Pumpkin Rice Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 Jamaican pumpkin
2 lbs. of white rice (carolina or basmati)
1 package of bacalao or codfish
1 tomato
1 onion
4 tsps. pepper
2 pinches of salt
1 scallion
1 stick margarine
Directions:
Directions:
ŠPut on 2 large pots of water to boil. Cut pumpkin into small pieces and place in one pot. Wash bacalao, once taken out of package, place in the second pot to boil. Wash rice a few times and place in a medium sized pot with water to boil. Rice should cook for approximately 20 minutes. When the pumpkin and bacalao are cooked, drain the water from the pots. Set the pumpkin aside. take the boiled bacalao and rid it of any fine bones, cutting into tiny pieces with a fork and knife.
By this time, the rice should be done, so take small pieces of the pumpkin and mix together with cooked rice. Rice should turn an orangy color. Keep rice on a very, very low flame. Watching often.

In a frying pan saute in margarine, bacalao with onions, tomato, scallions and black pepper. Allow ingredients to simmer for about 15 minutes. When bacalao misture is cooked, add to rice and pumpkin mixture, stirring it up vigorously. Salt could be added if necessary. However, please remember that bacalao sometimes remains salty even after boiling. Allow ingredients to steam for approximately ten minutes. The results are delicioso!
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4-6 people
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
60 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
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