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auntiemeesh) wrote2011-02-15 07:32 pm
auntiemeesh) wrote2011-02-15 07:32 pm
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I meant to cook up some rice and beans yesterday but I was hungry when I got home so I ended up just eating a sandwich and chips, and then got distracted by other things. So I'm doing it tonight.
Rice and Bean Thing:
2 cups of rice (most of which will be put aside for later in the week)
1/4 large onion
1/4 green pepper
1 clove garlic
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 can diced tomatoes, mostly drained
1/2 tbsp of cumin
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (I may have used a bit more or less than that - I was using a 1/2 tsp spoon)
dash of salt
I've got the rice mostly done in my big sauce pan.
I sauteed the onion, pepper and garlic (man, my kitchen smells like someone who knows how to cook is in there) and added it all to the can of black beans in my small sauce pan. Added in the spices and diced tomatoes and now it's all simmering together to let the flavors blend.
As with all of my cooking projects, this is a very big experiment. I got most of it off a Spanish Rice recipe, but I'm not cooking it like spanish rice. I have no idea how it will taste, but hopefully it will be edible, because I'm starving!
Update: Well, it's not awful, that's the good side. I maybe shouldn't have drained the tomatoes at all, as it was a little dry once combined with the jasmine rice. It was also just a little bit bland. Needs more of the spices to perk it up a bit. But it was good enough to take the leftovers to work tomorrow and that's a huge perk!
Rice and Bean Thing:
2 cups of rice (most of which will be put aside for later in the week)
1/4 large onion
1/4 green pepper
1 clove garlic
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 can diced tomatoes, mostly drained
1/2 tbsp of cumin
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (I may have used a bit more or less than that - I was using a 1/2 tsp spoon)
dash of salt
I've got the rice mostly done in my big sauce pan.
I sauteed the onion, pepper and garlic (man, my kitchen smells like someone who knows how to cook is in there) and added it all to the can of black beans in my small sauce pan. Added in the spices and diced tomatoes and now it's all simmering together to let the flavors blend.
As with all of my cooking projects, this is a very big experiment. I got most of it off a Spanish Rice recipe, but I'm not cooking it like spanish rice. I have no idea how it will taste, but hopefully it will be edible, because I'm starving!
Update: Well, it's not awful, that's the good side. I maybe shouldn't have drained the tomatoes at all, as it was a little dry once combined with the jasmine rice. It was also just a little bit bland. Needs more of the spices to perk it up a bit. But it was good enough to take the leftovers to work tomorrow and that's a huge perk!
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