Black Beans and Yellow Rice

Chris from Kansas's Note:

A completely simple and delicious side dish or vegetarian main meal. I like to serve this with tortilla chips.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• 1 (5 ounce) package saffron rice mix
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans
• 3 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro , divided

Garnishes

• sour cream (optional)
• sliced green onion (optional)

Directions:

1. Cook rice according to package directions; keep warm.
2. Meanwhile, drain beans, reserving 2 tablespoons liquid.
3. Combine beans, reserved liquid, lime juice, chili powder and cumin in a saucepan.
4. Cook over medium heat until thoroughly heated; stir in 1 tablespoon cilantro.
5. Serve beans over rice and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon cilantro.
6. Garnish, if desired.

Reviews

[St. Louie Suzie]

Love this combo of rice, beans and spices. It was a little too sour for me, so next time I'll cut back on the lemon juice. Probably will only use one tablespoon. Thanks for sharing!

[newspapergal]

Quick, simple, great flavor! I prepared this in less than 30 min on a busy weeknight. I added some diced onion & jalapeno pepper to the bean mixture. One small thing - the rice mix takes about 20 minutes to cook (I used Mahatma), but I found the bean mixture kind of dry by then - it cooked very quickly, in about 10 minutes, so next time, I won't start on the beans at the same time as the rice. I served with a bit of sour cream, guacamole & salsa and whole-wheat tortilla chips. Thanks!

[Lingering_Dream]

This is one of my favorite recipes! I make this a lot actually. I found it originally in a southern living cookbook. The taste is definitely hard to describe but it is a very filling and yummy meal.