Recipe - Coconut Rice And Black Beans

1 One half cup Chicken broth
Three fourths cup Uncooked long grain rice
One fourth cup Flaked coconut
1 cup Drained and rinsed canned
black beans
Three fourths cup Chopped scallions, including
green tops
One half cup Coarsely chopped red bell
pepper
One fourth cup Bottled Italian dressing

I served this as an accompaniment to Portabello Burgers several weeks ago
when my inlaws were visiting. My motherinlaw asked for the recipe! It
comes from my local newspaper in Charlottesville, VA (The Daily Progress).

Bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add rice and coconut,
cover pan, reduce heat to simmer or low and cook until liquid is
absorbed,about 18 minutes. Stir in black beans, One half cup of scallions, bell
pepper, and Italian dressing. Garnish with remainder of scallions. Serves
46.

Posted to EATL Digest 7 November 96

Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 11:27:31 0500

From: Amy Smalley as5x@AVERY.MED.VIRGINIA.EDU