- prep: 8 hr
- cook: 4 hr 30 min
- total: 12 hr 30 min
Summary
Beef Shanks with Eggplant and Watercress can be eaten with root vegetables such as potatoes, yuca, yam and plantains. It can also be eaten with grains such as rice or even bulgur wheat.
Ingredients
- 2lb beef shanks (about 2 whole shanks)
- 1 lime
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- 1 tablespoon thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large eggplant (cubed)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup unsalted tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup sweet peppers (sliced)
- 1 cup onions (sliced)
- 2 cups watercress (cleaned, rinsed and roughly chopped)
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- salt (to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon scotch bonnet peper (finely chopped)
- pepper (to taste)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 318 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 18 g 27.6%
- Saturated Fat: 4 g 21.3%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 47 mg 15.54%
- Sodium: 1337 mg 55.69%
- Calcium: 526 mg 52.62%
- Potassium: 988 mg 28.23%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 9 mg 51.4%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 57 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 27 g 109.84%
- Sugar: 4 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 19.12%
- Vitamin C 33.63%
- Vitamin D 2.72%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat3
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq