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Haitian Legumes Recipe

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Step #1 Wash beef with lime juice, & salt; allow to marinate for 10 mins.
Step #2 Rinse with cold water.
Step #3 Make a paste from green pepper, green onions, parsley, garlic & vinegar; rub it on meat & let marinate for about 30 mins.
Step #4 Brown beef in small amount of oil.
Step #5 Add tomato paste, seasonings & water to cover the beef.
Step #6 Add sliced green bell pepper & place on top of the beef while it is cooking.
Step #7 Let the beef cook this until tender, continually adding tomato paste mixture as needed, so beef does not burn or dry out.
Step #8 After meat is tender, bring a large pot with a medium amount of water to a boil & start placing in the vegetables.
Step #9 First, add the cabbage & eggplant, next add the lima beans & green beans.
Step #10 Add the carrots, & chayottes - allow to steam until somewhat tender, then add spinach & watercress.
Step #11 Pour some oil over the vegetables, add the butter & 1 Maggi cube - continue to let steam till tender.
Step #12 Once tender, add the vegetables to beef mixture & stir everything together.
Step #13 Let cook for another 10-20 mins.
Step #14 Taste, adjust seasonings.
Step #15 If necessary, add another Maggi cube.
Step #16 Taste again, & adjust all the seasonings.
Step #17 This also goes very well with white rice & black beans or kidney beans, that have been cooked down & mixed in a mixer to make sauce pois(bean sauce).
Enjoy the Haitian Legumes recipe