Recipes
Black Beans & Brown Rice
Affordable Quick & Easy African Heritage Diet Vegetarian & Vegan Diet Side Dish Dinner Gluten Free Vegan Vegetarian
A staple pair throughout the African diaspora, beans-and-rice can be enjoyed separately or together to round out any meal. Time saving tip: prepare extra brown rice and store the leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer for another meal.
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Total Time:
45 minutes
Yield:
4 servings
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 220
- Fat: 1.5g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Carbohydrate: 45g
- Sugar: 0g
- Protein: 6.7g
Ingredients
4 cups water
2 cups uncooked brown rice
1 (20-ounce) can of no-salt black beans
3 cloves garlic, minced
Instructions
- Bring the water and rice to boil in a medium pan or pot. Simmer for 35-40 minutes covered, or until the water is absorbed, and the rice is tender and cooked through.
- When the rice is close to finished, in a medium pan, cook the black beans along with their liquid and the garlic on medium-high heat for 5-6 minutes.
- Combine the rice and beans together, and serve. Garnish as you wish!
An Oldways recipe and photo
How’d it Taste?
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Carmen Villeda says:
This is our best meal in Honduras. We can eat beans with scrambled eggs for breakfast, beans with rice for lunch, or beans with rice for dinner, and I chop red onion to it. Healthy and money saver.
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I will try the recipe. It sounds delicious.
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