Island Style Rice And Beans

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped
• 1 small green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup long grain rice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 cups cooked black beans or 15 ounces canned black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 in a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. add onion, bell pepper, and garlic; saute until golden, about 10 minutes.
• 3 add rice and cumin; cook while stirring, for 1 minute.
• 4 stir in beans, tomatoes with liquid, water and hot pepper sauce. break up the tomatoes with a spoon. increase the heat to high and bring to a boil.
• 5 transfer rice mixture to a lg. baking dish (11"x7"). cover and bake until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 25 minutes.
• 6 for oamc: freeze in a labeled gallon ziploc bag after step 4(after allowing it to cool to room temp.). to serve, thaw in refrigerator, and bake according to directions above.