Mexican Tomato Rice and Beans
photo by Outta Here
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked medium grain white rice
- 2 cups cold water
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes (Petite-cut)
- water (as needed)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeno, cored and finely chopped (leaving in the seeds depends on how hot you like it)
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt (or to taste, I used about 1/2 of this) or 2 teaspoons sea salt (or to taste, I used about 1/2 of this)
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1⁄4 cup fresh oregano, finely chopped
- 1⁄4 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
directions
- In a one quart saucepan, combine rice with water.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, cover, reduce heat to low, and cook for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let the pan stand, covered, for 5 minutes.
- While the rice stands, drain the tomatoes, reserving the juice.
- Add enough water to the juice to equal one cup of liquid.
- Heat a 10-12 inch skillet over medium-high heat; add in oil, garlic, and jalapeno.
- Cook until the garlic is browned and the jalapeno is fragrant (one minute).
- Add the black beans, salt, cumin, and chili powder; stir gently a few times to cook the spices and get beans mixed into the rice (30 seconds).
- Stir in the tomato juice mixture and bring to a boil.
- Adjust the heat as necessary to maintain a gentle boil; cook and occasionally stir until the beans have absorbed much of the liquid (5-7 minutes).
- Add the tomatoes, oregano, cilantro, and cooked rice.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is warmed (1-2 minutes).
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This is my first review but I just had to leave one for this recipe. This stuff is fantastic! I just made it for the first time this evening and the only changes I made to the recipe was to use brown rice and to cut the salt down to one teaspoon. Other than that, exactly as written. Spices were perfect.
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Vino Girl
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My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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