Caribbean Rice And Beans

The previous day, for the first time, I made a extra complex meal in my rice cooker, a Caribbean rice and beans stir that became nothing brief but high-quality. 

Maximum of you recognize that my rice cooker is one in every of my maximum precious counter kitchen appliances. i use it about 2-3 instances in line with week as a minimum considering the fact that we devour tons of rice. however, the previous day turned into the primary time I surely used my rice cooker to make a complete rice meal in preference to just plain vintage rice.

For this recipes I used Della Basmati mild brown rice. i love this rice as it chefs in just about 20 mins, it has extra fiber and minerals and has the dietary fee of ordinary brown rice. i really like Della Rice because not simplest they have many extraordinary sort of rices but all of them prepare dinner in 20 mins, which being a busy mother it is available in on hand. all of us realize we don’t want to spend hours cooking in the kitchen.

For this Caribbean rice and beans recipe I stored it vegetarian. subsequent time i will add a few cooked fowl pieces. If you want to feature the chook, add it to the rice cooker collectively with all of the components earlier than turning it on. I additionally opted for the use of simple water instead of the usage of vegetable or chicken inventory. My reason for the usage of water is that I want to have overall manage of the sodium content material in my recipe in addition to the taste… and we could no overlook water is cheaper!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups Della Rice brown rice
• 1 15 oz can red beans, drained
• 1 14 oz can chopped tomatoes
• 6 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp turmeric powder
• 2 tsp thyme
• 2 tsp cumin powder
• 1 1/2 tsp celtic salt
• 4 cups hot water

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In a small skillet add the garlic and oil and cook dinner for 1 minute till fragrant. add all of the ingredients to the rice cooker and prepare dinner until finished. I pressed the white rice backside in my rice cooker.
2. Serve without delay.

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