Black Beans Brown Rice Wmild Salsa Food

BLACK BEANS WITH BROWN RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute peppers and onion in oil until tender. Stir in the beans, tomatoes, vinegar, garlic salt, pepper and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 12-15 minutes or until desired consistency, stirring occasionally. Serve with rice.

CARIBBEAN BLACK BEANS WITH MANGO SALSA OVER BROWN RICE

Steps:

• In a non-stick saucepan, stir-fry onions and garlic in a small amount of oil (or use water or other liquid) for 5 minutes until onions begin to soften.
• Add ginger, thyme, and allspice; stir-fry 5 minutes more until onions are very soft.
• You can add fresh or frozen corn, water chestnuts, carrots, chopped red, yellow, or green peppers, cilantro.
• Stir in black beans and orange juice. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens slightly.
• Mash a few beans with a spoon for thicker consistency.
• Add pepper, and serve over brown rice topped with mango salsa and it's really good with crisped whole-grain corn tortillas.

SALSA RICE WITH BLACK BEANS AND CORN

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pot, cook rice according to package instructions. When the rice is half way cooked, add black beans, salsa, and cook about 10 minutes for regular rice and 3 minutes for instant rice .Continue cooking rice. Remove the pot, using a spoon, stir in chopped cilantro and season, to taste, with salt and black pepper.

BROWN RICE WITH SALSA AND BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Cook the brown rice according to package instructions. If you want to make a cold dish spread it on a cookie sheet to cook fast. Put rice into a mixing bowl and add the salsa, black beans and cumin. Toss all ingredients together and serve either warm or refrigerate and serve cold.

BLACK BEANS & BROWN RICE W/MILD SALSA

Steps:

• (My own recipe, although not particularly innovative) Makes 2 lunch-sized servings, approx 400-450 calories each Game plan: Start rice. While rice is cooking, prepare beans and salsa. Store for later, or assemble dish and eat. Detailed instructions: Cook rice as directed on package. If no directions, rinse rice thoroughly, place in small pan with water and salt (optional). Heat on high until boiling, then reduce heat to simmer, cover, and cook for 40 minutes. Turn heat off, let rice sit for 5 minutes, remove cover and fluff with a fork. Empty black beans into microwaveable bowl. Stir in spices (start with the smaller amounts, then increase to taste). Bring beans to simmer in microwave. While rice cooks, let sit to blend flavors. Wash and chop tomatoes, mince onion. Wash cilantro, strip leaves off, tear/crush the leaves and add them to the tomato and onion. Mix. While rice cooks, let sit to blend flavors. Grate cheese. (At this point, everything may be placed in the refrigerator for later reheating, if desired.) Divide rice in half, and spread each half onto a medium-sized plate. Divide beans in half, and spread each half over the rice. If rice and beans are cold (e.g., were in the fridge), heat in microwave before adding cheese. Sprinkle half of the grated cheese over each plate, return plate to microwave briefly (15-20 seconds) to melt the cheese. Top with salsa immediately before eating. [email protected] (KAREN WARD) REC.FOOD.RECIPES From rec.food.cooking archives. Downloaded from G Internet, G Internet.

CHICKEN AND RICE WITH BLACK BEAN SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• First, start your rice. Brown rice can take up to 45 minutes to cook sometimes (although I like the Uncle Ben's 10-minute brown rice). Time it accordingly so that the rice is finished by the time the main dish is finished.
• Pour the salsa into the bottom of a 13" x 9" glass baking dish. You can add extra if you want salsa leftover to mix into the rice.
• Fillet the chicken breasts. Lay them on top of the salsa.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and pour the black beans in the baking dish. Bake for another 10 minutes.
• Take it out again and sprinkle the top with shredded cheese. Bake for another 2 minutes or until the cheese melts.
• Dish out the chicken and black beans onto plates. Then, mix in the prepared rice into the dish with the leftover salsa and beans, and serve alongside the chicken. Enjoy!

MILD BLACK BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• In large saucepan, cook bacon in olive oil 6-8 minutes over low heat.
• Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring until tender, another 6-8 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and cook over medium-high heat until the water has been absorbed, about 10 -15 minutes.
• Stir with a fork, cover and cook over low heat around 10-15 minutes or until rice is tender.

BLACK BEANS AND BROWN RICE

Steps:

• Cook the brown rice in salted water or broth for 40 minutes.
• You will have two and a half cups of cooked rice.
• Transfer the rice to a microwave proof dish.
• Add the chopped onion, lime juice and drained beans to the rice.
• Crush the clove of garlic into the mixture, then salt and pepper to taste.
• Combine ingredients well, and reheat in the microwave for about 6-8 minutes, then garnish with reserved cilantro to serve.