Black Beans & Rice
Black Beans & Rice

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, black beans & rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Black Beans & Rice is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Black Beans & Rice is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

The health benefits of black beans may include maintaining healthy bones, lowering blood pressure, managing diabetes, and warding off heart disease. Black beans are a legume that is full of protein. Nutritional benefits of black beans include relief from digestive issues, reduced risk of birth defects, cancer and heart ailments.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have black beans & rice using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Black Beans & Rice:
  1. Take 1 C rice
  2. Prepare 2 C + 1 T beef stock
  3. Take 15 oz black beans
  4. Make ready 1 tomato bouillon cube
  5. Get 1 clove garlic; minced
  6. Take 1/2 yellow onion; minced
  7. Prepare 1 t cumin
  8. Make ready 1 t paprika
  9. Get 2 T butter
  10. Get as needed vegetable oil
  11. Make ready 1 pinch kosher salt & black pepper

Black beans are a readily available, inexpensive legume packed with protein. Black beans are rich in carbohydrates and they are also and excellent source of fiber (both soluble and insoluble). Black beans are generally the size of a pea, oval-shaped and jet-black with cream-colored flesh. They are part of the legume family, which also includes kidney, lima, navy and pinto beans as well as peas.

Instructions to make Black Beans & Rice:
  1. Heat beef stock seperately in a small saucepot.
  2. Heat enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom of a small sauce pot.
  3. Add onions. Sweat over medium heat for approximately 8 minutes or until onions begin to soften and caramelize.
  4. Add butter, garlic, and bouillon. Stir to melt. Use a wooden spoon to break and dissolve bouillon cube.
  5. Add rice and seasonings. Stir well. Cook 1 minute.
  6. Add black beans. Stir.
  7. Add stock. Stir. Bring to a simmer. Cover. Simmer for approximately 15-17 minutes or until no running water remains on bottom of pot. (Helps to have a clear lid.) Remove pot from heat. Let steam 5-8 minutes. Do not remove cover.
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A can of black beans is one of those foods that always seems to be lurking in the back of your pantry. If you need a new and improved way to use it up, try these black bean soups, bowls, dips, and bakes. Black beans and totally loaded with nutritious protein, fiber, folate, and potassium. They can lower your risk of chronic disease, improve cholesterol and blood pressure levels. Research on black bean carbohydrates keeps expanding the list of health benefits provided by this legume for our digestive tract.

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