One of my favorite meals / recipes ever - spiced up black beans and rice with fruit, vegetables, and cheese.
If I'm feeling down, this is one dish that I always have the ingredients for and always makes me feel better.
I love the versatility and ease of this black beans and rice dish - use whatever you have: sautéed greens, mango or pineapple, cheddar or sour cream, avocado chunks or guacamole, cilantro or parsley. You get the idea 🙂 Comfort food, nourishing, and affordable!
Serving Suggestion
Round out this Black Beans and Rice dish with a nice salad, add more "fixens" with homemade salsa and / or pickled red onions, or step up your rice game with yellow rice instead.
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Black Beans, Rice And Fixens
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One of my favorite meals / recipes ever - spiced up black beans & rice w/ fruit, vegetables, & cheese.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 6
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Ingredient List Black Beans:
- 28 ounces canned black beans with juices. You can also cook your own beans.
- ½ cup onions, diced
- 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
- ¾ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¾ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Chèvre (goat cheese), crumbled as garnish
- ¼ cup cilantro chopped as garnish
- 6 cups cooked rice
Ingredient List Guacamole:
- 2 avocado, pitted, peeled
- 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- ¼ teaspoon garlic salt
- salt to taste
Ingredient List Tomato Salsa:
- 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3 tablespoon red onion, finely diced
- 2 tablespoon jalapeno, minced
- 1 tablespoon e.v. olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
- For Black Beans - Bring a pot to medium high heat, add a little oil to coat the bottom of the pot and add onions. Cook ~ 3-4 minutes and add remaining ingredients, except Chevre and cilantro. Stir, bring to a boil on the stovetop, reduce heat, and simmer covered ~ 10 minutes. Top with cilantro and crumbled chevre.
- For Guacamole - Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
- For Tomato Salsa. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
- Serve over cooked rice, fresh mango or pineapple slices, with hakurei turnips or radishes, and add sea salt to taste. Happy Eating! Beckie
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