Recipe - Bajan Black Beans And Rice

1 tablespoon Better Than Bouillon
Vegetarian
3 cup Water
3 Cloves garlic; minced
1 Onion; chopped
1 Green bell pepper; chopped
1 Red bell pepper; chopped
1 Habanero pepper; minced
4 Tomatoes (from a can of
whole tomatoes); chopped
1 cup Brown rice; uncooked
3 Zucchini; chopped
2 cn Black beans; drained and
rinsed
1 cup Frozen corn
One half cup Cilantro leaves; chopped

I've posted the Bajan Beans and Rice recipe that I adapted from a recipe of
Gabe Mirkin's before. This is one of my most favorite recipes and when I
was making it today I found out halfway through that I didn't have any
canned white beans. I forgot that I had bought some dried white beans
intending to cook them up myself. No problem I had two cans of black beans
and so decided to try the recipe with them. I liked it just as much and it
made the dish even more colorful. The canned black beans I had weren't
quite as mushy as the white beans I have used before the final product
was less soupy. For those who may have missed the recipe, here it is again,
this time with black beans:

Heat 3 cups of water and mix in bouillon. Set aside. Note: any broth may be
used, I just happen to like Better Than Bouillon especially. Saute garlic,
onion, and red, green, and habanero peppers in One half cup of broth in large
pot for 10 minutes. Add remaining broth, tomatoes, and rice and simmer
covered for 15 minutes. Add zucchini and simmer for an additional 30
minutes. Stir occasionally to keep from sticking. Add black beans, corn,
and cilantro and cook an additional 5 minutes to heat through.

Freezes well.

Posted to fatfree digest V97 #302 by Michelle Dick artemis@rahul.net on
Dec 21, 97