Black Beans and Rice

Submitted by Vino Girl

"There's a lot of beans and rice recipes already here, but it seems I can't get enough of them. This one comes from Real Simple magazine, and it's different than the types I normally make since it doesn't have tomatoes, and it is also a mild-flavored dish."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 946.36 ml water
• 9.85 ml kosher salt, divided (or to taste, I don't use it since the beans and broth are salty enough)
• 36.97 ml olive oil, divided
• 473.18 ml long-grain rice, uncooked
• 236.59 ml onion, chopped
• 354.88 ml green bell peppers or 354.88 ml red bell peppers, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (850.48 g) can black beans, undrained
• 236.59 ml vegetable broth or 236.59 ml chicken broth
• 29.58 ml red wine vinegar
• 2 bay leaves
• 2.46 ml black pepper, freshly ground (or to taste, I use more)
• 1.23 ml cumin
• 118.29 ml scallion, sliced

directions

1. Combine water with 1 tsp salt and 1 1/2 tsp olive oil in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil.
2. Stir in rice, cover, reduce heat to low, and cook for 20 minutes or until tender.
3. In a large saucepan, heat the rest of the olive oil over medium heat; saute onion, bell pepper and garlic about 5 minutes or until softened.
4. Add beans, broth, vinegar, bay leaves, black pepper, cumin, and the rest of the salt; cover and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes; remove bay leaves.
6. Serve beans over the rice and top with scallions.
7. Serves 4 as a main dish, 6-8 as a side.

Reviews

[VeneziaAmore]

Quite delicious. The only changes I made were to add oregano and to use apple cider vinegar instead of red wine vinegar. Everyone loved this!

 

[Cricketo]

My family really enjoyed this recipe and it is so easy to make!! I used a poblano pepper instead of a bell pepper and it added just the right amount of heat!

 

[susie cooks]

I really enjoyed this dish! I had been craving rice and beans and this was perfect. I used a red pepper and chicken broth. It is so easy to make and so satisfying!