Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, black beans and rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Black Beans and Rice is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Black Beans and Rice is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have black beans and rice using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Black Beans and Rice:
- Get 1 pound dried black beans, soaked in water overnight, drain
- Make ready 2 cups brown rice
- Make ready 3 &1/2 cups water plus salt to taste to cook rice
- Get 1 large onion, chopped well
- Take 4 cloves garlic, rough chop
- Make ready 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Take 1 teaspoon chile powder; mild, medium or hot, to your taste
- Take 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- Take 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- Make ready salt and pepper
- Make ready 3/4 cup chopped tomatos
- Prepare Optional ×* Serve with fresh chopped cilantro
Once you know how to make black beans and rice, you can start experimenting with the classic side by incorporating your favorite vegetables and spices. That's exactly what we did for our black beans and rice recipe, which you can make using our regular or reduced sodium black bean varieties. We mix in tomatoes, onions and green peppers, plus seasonings like thyme and garlic salt for extra. Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and add the oil.
Steps to make Black Beans and Rice:
- Cook beans in water for 45 minutes or until soft. (You will save 1 cup of cooked bean water). Cook rice at the same time, rice will take closer to an hour to cook over low heat. While beans and rice are cooking, prep veggies and measure out spices in a small bowl.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet and add onion, cook for 3 minutes then add garlic, gently cook 2 more minutes. Add spices. Add cooked beans and reserved bean water and tomatoes. Mix. Simmer for 2o minutes.
- Serve on top of hot cooked rice.
Stir in the onions, peppers, garlic, bay leaves and cumin. This recipe for Mexican rice and beans is a low-effort tasty dish. Can be eaten as a meal in itself, or served as an excellent side to any Mexican-American food. I make this recipe quite often. I cook rice my own way though.
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