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Hearty Black Beans & Rice
"A recipe from my college days, adapted from a friend. It's very quick and made with inexpensive ingredients that most people will have on hand. This will make a filling, nutritious, low-fat dinner for 2 people if served with a green salad. If you have leftovers, an easy way to save them is to mix the beans and rice together before refrigerating. This mixture is awesome spread and "
photo by Barb G.
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 1 can black beans (and liquid)
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 14.79 ml olive oil
- 29.58 ml balsamic vinegar
- 2.46 ml mild chili powder
- 2.46 ml ground cumin
- 14.79 ml dried oregano, crushed
- 2.46 ml cinnamon
- black pepper
- your favorite hot sauce
- 236.59 ml uncooked white rice
- 473.18 ml water
- 14.79 ml oil (optional) or 14.79 ml butter (optional)
directions
- Start the water boiling in a fairly large pot; add the fat (if desired).
- When it boils, add the rice.
- Stir for the first minute, then cover and turn the heat as low as possible.
- Rice should only cook for 20 minutes; you'll get perfect white rice every time by following a 2:1 rice-water ratio and following these directions.
- Heat a saucepan slightly, then add oil and heat that briefly as well (this prevents sticking).
- Saute the onion until aromatic, then add garlic; don't brown.
- Turn the heat down to medium low.
- Dump the whole can of beans in.
- Add the vinegar, spices and chopped tomato, stir, and let simmer, covered.
- When rice is done (20 minutes), remove from heat.
- Serve beans over rice.
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Reviews
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What great flavor from such a simple recipe! I've made this several times and this is now a staple in our house. I've served it as a side dish and as a vegetarian main dish. I had no problems with the recipe being too "soupy". I had problems only once, when I drained the black beans and the dish turned out too dry. -
Made just the black bean portion of this for DH's birthday dinner tonight - excellent! Since I was only doing beans and not rice, I backed off on the cinnamon, and put in some chipotle pepper powder rather than mild chili powder. Oh, and didn't have an onion, so added a bit of onion powder. Brought to a boil and then simmered until the canned beans were tender. Really delicious - DH LOVED it! Thanks for an excellent recipe! -
I found this dish too "soupy" (with the canned bean liquid) and the cinnamon and balsamic vinegar gave it kind of an odd taste. -
My husband said ... "This was awewome!" Even the kids liked it. Made it with brown rice and enjoyed it very much.
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Wow, this was perfect. I was craving something south of the border, spicy and vegetarian...and this was it. We had all the ingredients, I threw in some frozen corn as well, then added too much pico pica sauce (I think that's what it's called). But it was still amazing, definately a keeper!
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Tweaks
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This was great! Hubby thoroughly enjoyed this and asked me to make it again. The only things I did differently was drain and rinse the beans (too salty otherwise) and used a can of diced tomatoes in place of chopped tomato. I have no fear using cinnamon in dishes and have used it in chili before. It definitely adds a delicious unique twist to this dish! Don't be afraid to use it! All in all, this truly was awesome! This is a keeper!
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On, man, this is soooo good! Deserves more than five stars. I used about a cup of diced tomatoes in place of the fresh, red wine in place of the vinegar, omitted the cinnamon (just wasn't so sure about that) and cut way back on the oregano (used about half a tspn.). Too much oregano can just ruin a recipe and this just seemed like a lot to me. I also added several dashes of cayenne pepper to spice it up. Served it over brown rice. Can't wait until tomorrow so I can eat it again. Great recipe...quick and easy! -
This recipe was good, but not exactly what I was expecting. I used a little cayenne pepper instead of hot sauce. Made this dish with Recipe #217948, a zesty chicken saute, which was a good combo. I added some cilantro, giving this recipe a sweeter side, like mixing beans with salsa. I think the cinnamon was a great idea as well, add it! I would not reccommend instant rice, I think brown rice would have been better. It was something different though and we enjoyed it.
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Excellent. Didn't have balsamic vinegar or cinnamon so I left them out. Also used a can of diced tomatos instead of a chopped tomato.
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I am about to be 34 years old and I live in Western Massachusetts, USA. I love to cook and I love to eat! My tasters include my friends as well as my mom occasionally.
