Name: Quick and Easy Black Beans and Rice
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: mexican
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati rice ((see notes for other kinds of rice)); 1 ¾ cups water; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; ½ lime ((juice and zest - you'll use the rest in the beans)); 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro ((more if you like, omit if you don't like cilantro)); 1 small onion (diced); 28 oz. canned black beans ((drained and rinsed, see notes)); 1 teaspoon cumin (); ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 1 cup water; ½ lime ((juice and zest, the rest of the lime from the rice))

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Quick and Easy Black Beans and Rice

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 20m total

Servings

Calories

23% of a 2,000 cal day

453KCAL

Protein

18g36% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat6g

Saturated1g

Unsaturated5g

—

Total Carbs83g

30%

Fiber16g

55%

Total Sugars1g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch66g

—

Sodium1022mg

44%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A quick black beans and rice dish made with canned beans and basmati rice, seasoned with cumin and lime. Can be repurposed as burrito filling.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

1 cupbasmati rice
1¾ cupswater
1 tbspolive oil
½ tspkosher salt
½½ lime — juice, zest
2 tbspchopped fresh cilantro — optional
1small onion — diced
28 ozcanned black beans — drained, rinsed
1 tspcumin
½ tspkosher salt
1 cupwater
½lime — juice, zest

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Method

20m total

Read the method on Bowl of DeliciousElizabeth Lindemann’s original page

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