Healthy Red Beans and Rice
If you are interested in a delicious and healthy recipe for dinner tonight then Red Beans and Rice is more than a comfort food at home! So hearty, so juicy, loaded with flavors this recipe involves no innovation and too much time.
Servings: 3
Calories: 199kcal
Equipment
- Large cutting board
- skillet
- Saucepan
Ingredients
- 2 canned red beans
- 4 oz whole-grain rice
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 celery
- 2 red bell pepper
- 2 tomatoes
- herbs
Instructions
- Chop all veggies: the onion, the celery, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
- In the heated skillet pour some olive oil and saute the onion and 3-4 cloves of garlic.
- When the onion is soft, take off the garlic and add the chopped celery and red bell peppers.
- Saute these veggies 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, mix well and simmer for 5 minutes more.
- Pour 2 canned of red beans into the simmering veggies and saute 20 more minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a saucepan pour water and let it boil. If I make 125gr of rice then I add a double quantity of water.
- In the boiling water add the rice and boil as mentioned on the pack.
- Add some butter and parmesan to the rice. Optional!
- Season veggies with salt, cayenne pepper, thyme, oregano for the best taste.
- On a plate arrange the rice and the veggies garnished with some greenies.
- Serve immediately.