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Tuesday, April 21. 2020

More good, bland poverty food: Black Beans and Rice

This recipe is good enough, but don't mix the beans with the rice.  Make lots more of the beans, and dump them on top of the rice. The beans are the food, the rice is the vehicle. 


I think I lived on this in college, and I still like it. Beans from the cans, as we always recommend. If anybody wants to spend the time to soak dried beans, God bless ya. That ain't me.


Plenty of salt, and hot sauce of your choice on the side, of course.  Salad on the side if you like that stuff, but I think salad causes cancer, and maybe corona too. A Conona beer, on the other had, goes well with this supper.

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 16:10 | Comments (13) | Trackbacks (0)

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Black Beans and Rice are awesome, I will also add some fired plantains on top.
#1 Bigus Macus on 2020-04-19 14:24 (Reply)
Good dish. Add chopped tomato, some whole kernel corn, and some mild chopped peppers (or just some pico de gallo). Top with avocado slices and sour cream (or queso fresco).

This can be served cold too but I like it right from the pan.
#2 OneGuy on 2020-04-19 15:09 (Reply)
Quinoa
#3 S on 2020-04-21 19:43 (Reply)
Great post! Thanks!
#3.1 test bob on 2020-04-21 19:51 (Reply)
When i first lived away from home my Monday night dinner was canned chili beans on microwave rice with sour cream. 10 minutes, $3 and a can of beer thrown in. Vey full and very happy.
#4 Andrew Simmonds on 2020-04-21 20:30 (Reply)
Nice, but better with a big chunk of venison smoked sausage, a little cilantro or flat parsley, a dab of creme fraische. A cold beer or two. Yum
#5 Aggie on 2020-04-21 21:43 (Reply)
Corona is Mexican Budweiser. I’d rather drink PBR’s. Better, get some Modelo Especial or Becks or Stella Artois.
#6 bob sykes on 2020-04-21 22:05 (Reply)
At least Budweiser has no flavor. Corona tastes terrible.
#6.1 Jack Walter on 2020-04-22 08:57 (Reply)
Rice and beans is good eatin'. Throw in a little ham or smoked sausage for flavor. But you need some cornbread. Not that sweet stuff in the box, get a bag of Martha White. Add a can of corn and some chopped jalapenos to the batter, preheat the oven with your cast iron skillet inside the oven with a good cup of lard or shortening inside the skillet, pour in the batter slowly so that lovely hot lard laps up over it, deep fry that stuff in the oven. Crispy, greasy, deep fried cornbread balances out the ill effects of eating healthy food like rice and beans. You really don't want to be too healthy, you know, healthy people are the least prepared for the ill effects of being dead when the time comes.
#7 Jerryskids on 2020-04-21 23:06 (Reply)
Jerryskids, I like your style!!
#8 tim ferrell on 2020-04-22 05:54 (Reply)
If you are single get a small pressure cooker. before you go to bed soak the beans. next day add 1 cup of rinsed soaked beans in the pressure cooker with a little italian dressing and onions and cook15 minutes. You are done.
#9 Robert Moffett (Link) on 2020-04-22 10:03 (Reply)
here is my video on black beans and rice in a pressure cooker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9qb4Z-W1pI&feature=youtu.be
#10 Robert Moffett (Link) on 2020-04-22 10:05 (Reply)
Rice is not simply a carrier for beans. The beans and rice combination balance the amino acids providing complete protein. rice is an essential part of the meal. Whether you mix the combo or put the beans on top, you'll eventually mix them together anyway so it's a bit of a bozo claim.
#11 willful knowledge on 2020-04-22 11:44 (Reply)

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