Cuban Inspired Black Bean Rice

Name: How to cook Cuban Inspired Black Bean Rice - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 to 5 Servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Hiroko Liston

Cuban Inspired Black Bean Rice

This recipe has been inspired by a Cuban rice dish, ‘Arroz Congri’. I cooked it in my rice cooker just like Japanese ‘Takikomigohan’, so it is super easy to cook. The colour of the dish is supposed to be darker, but the liquid from the can of Black Beans that I used was not really black. If you cook Dry Black Beans from scratch, make sure you save the black water and use it to cook Rice. You can add Bacon. See the photo below.

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 to 5 Servings

Cooking time :

50 minutes

1 can (400 g)

Black Beans

1/2-1 teaspoon

Salt *alter the amount, but it shouldn’t be too salty

1-2 tablespoons

Olive Oil *OR Oil of your choice

Onion *finely chopped OR cut into small pieces

2 cloves

Garlic *finely chopped

Capsicum *Red OR Green, OR 1/2 of each

1 teaspoon

Ground Cumin

1 teaspoon

Ground Paprika

2 teaspoons

Dried Oregano

1/4 teaspoon

Ground Chilli *optional

2 cups (180 ml)

cup) Long Grain Rice

Bay Leaf

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Drain canned Black Beans and save the black liquid in a measuring jug. Add Water to make 450ml in total. Add Salt to the liquid and season it. *Note: If you cooked Dry Black Beans from scratch, use the black water.

* Step 2

Heat Olive Oil in a frying pan, cook Onion and Garlic until soft, then add Capsicum and all spices, and mix well. Set aside and cool. *Note: Capsicum doesn’t need to be soft.

* Step 3

*Optional Bacon: If you prefer, you can add 100g Bacon. Cut into small pieces and cook with Vegetables. As Bacon is salty, you need to alter the amount of Salt in ‘Step 1’. *Note: See the photo below.

* Step 4

Wash Rice, drain, and place in rice cooker’s inner pot. Add the black water mixture, spread the stir-fried Vegetables and drained Black Beans, but DO NOT stir. Add Bay Leaf, and press COOK/START button to start cooking.