Black Beans and Yellow Rice Recipe from the Caribbean

Ingredients

• 6 slices of bacon , diced
• 1 cup of chopped onion
• 2 cloves of garlic , minced
• 1 cup of uncooked rice
• 1 tsp of salt
• 0.25 tsp of ground turmeric
• 0.13 tsp of ground red pepper
• 2 cups of water
• 1 medium fresh tomato , chopped
• 0.5 cup of chopped green bell pepper
• 1 cup of diced fully-cooked ham (optional)
• 1 cup of cooked and well-seasoned dried black beans