My original menu plan for this week called for black bean & rice stuffed wet burritos. But I just didn’t feel up to making tortillas today because I had so much after the weekend catch-up to tackle.
So I decided to improvise and turn the filling into rice bowls instead. It turned out deliciously!
I used my chicken & black bean taco filling as the basis for the recipe and made a few changes to make the filling a little more appropriate for this dinner. Basically, I needed the sauce to be saucier and I needed to bulk up the flavor a bit since I wasn’t using chicken. We were all really happy with how it turned out, including the kids. Two of them even literally licked their bowls clean.
Mexican Black Bean Rice Bowls
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Black Bean
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 green pepper, diced
- 2 tbsp cumin
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp coriander (optional)
- 2 cup frozen corn
- 3 cup fully cooked black beans (reserve 1/3 c. cooking liquid or liquid from the cans)
- 1 jar salsa
- 1 cup beef stock, vegetable stock, or water
- 5 cup fully cooked brown or white rice
- Optional garnishes: shredded cheese, sour cream, lettuce, taco shells, tortillas or tortilla chips, sliced green onions
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic, green pepper, cumin, salt and optional coriander. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring often, until pepper starts to get tender. Stir in corn and cook 3-5 minutes longer.
- Stir beans, salsa and stocks or water into skillet. Bring to a slow boil and cook for 10 – 15 minutes. At this point, you can turn the heat down to low, cover and simmer until dinner, or place in the refrigerator to reheat at dinnertime, or just serve as is.
- Put rice in bowls, cover with bean mixture and add any optional garnishes. Enjoy!
Here’s our fully-garnished dinner. I only had cheese, sour cream and taco shells on hand. We used the taco shells to scoop up dinner, and then finished with a fork. Definitely yummy, frugal, and very stolen-moments friendly. It’s always fun to tackle a new dinner creation.
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