Black Rice And Beans
This Black Rice And Beans Recipe is a spin on black beans and rice. It is an easy recipe in which nutty and nutritious black rice is cooked with kidney beans, ginger, garlic, onion, and celery. This is a delicious dish that would work well as a side dish as well as the main one.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups black rice
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 red onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/2 inch chunk of fresh ginger (approximately 2 tsp fresh ginger chopped)
- 2 celery stalks
- 4.5 cups vegetable stock*
- 1/2 -3/4 tsp salt* - only if vegetable stock is unsalted or low sodium
- 1 15 oz can of light red kidney beans
- 2 stalks of green onion
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsely
Instructions
- 1
Peel the onion, garlic, and ginger. And, then chop them all well.
- 2
Rinse the celery stalks and chop them up as well.
- 3
Add olive oil to a large pan and add in the chopped onion, ginger, garlic, and celery. Let these saute for about 5 minutes over a medium flame/heat. Stir a couple of times so these do not burn.
- 4
While they saute, add the dry black rice to a bowl. Fill the bowl with water, and run your hands through the rice and water. The water will turn black and cloudy. Then, carefully, drain out the water. Repeat this about 7 times, or until the drained water is not overly dark and cloudy.
- 5
Then add rinsed rice to the pan with the sauteed onion, garlic, ginger, and celery.
- 6
Also, add in the vegetable stock.
- 7
Cover the pan and let simmer over medium/low heat/flame for about 20 minutes
- 8
Open the can of beans and drain the beans into a colander. Discard any extra liquid and the can. Run the drained beans under cold water. Then add beans to the pan around the 20-minute mark.
- 9
Cover pan again and let simmer another 10 minutes.
- 10
Turn off the heat and remove the pan from the stove.
- 11
To serve, spoon the black rice and beans onto a platter and garnish with chopped green onion and chopped fresh parsley.
- 12
You can also garnish with some diced red chili pepper or chili flakes but this is totally optional.
- 13
The only thing left Is to ENJOY this dish!