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Rice and Beans 2K10
Happy New Year!
One thing i noticed being out on the last day of 2009, was that everyone hated 2009. Many responses to "how you been?", was, "I hope 2010 is better than 2009". I heard how i was "lucky to have a job" 3 or 4 times. So in response, i will continue with my plan of every once in a while eating rice and beans, or as i like to call 'em beans and rice for a few days to save money.
Here is my Beans and Rice 2K10 recipe. Show me yours.
1 bag dry black beans (why they gotta be black?)
Soak beans overnight in cold water, in the fridge.
Drain beans of their fridge water, and rinse with fresh water.
Put beans in a pot with 4-5 cups cold AKRON water, bring to a boild, and boil for 1 hour.
While beans are boiling:
Saute' 1 Large red pepper
1 medium to large onion
Garlic(lots), Salt(little), cayenne pepper, and Oregano to taste
Add:
1/2 lb ground pork
1/2 lb bacon
1 lb beef (i used cubed beef shoulder)
1 tbs sage
1 tbs cumin
1 tsp curry
2 tsp sugar
1 tbs dry mustard
Add or subtract whatever spices you enjoy, or have, and cook until beef is no longer red. (Maybe 5 minutes)
Add meat stuff to beans. Make sure beans are covered with water, cook on low heat for 3-4 hours, adding water when needed.
Rice:
Should be made at a ratio of 2.2:1 (Water:dry rice)
Sort of.
Grab a bowl, and put rice in it, then some beans.
Eat for dinner 3 to 4 days to save some money
One thing i noticed being out on the last day of 2009, was that everyone hated 2009. Many responses to "how you been?", was, "I hope 2010 is better than 2009". I heard how i was "lucky to have a job" 3 or 4 times. So in response, i will continue with my plan of every once in a while eating rice and beans, or as i like to call 'em beans and rice for a few days to save money.
Here is my Beans and Rice 2K10 recipe. Show me yours.
1 bag dry black beans (why they gotta be black?)
Soak beans overnight in cold water, in the fridge.
Drain beans of their fridge water, and rinse with fresh water.
Put beans in a pot with 4-5 cups cold AKRON water, bring to a boild, and boil for 1 hour.
While beans are boiling:
Saute' 1 Large red pepper
1 medium to large onion
Garlic(lots), Salt(little), cayenne pepper, and Oregano to taste
Add:
1/2 lb ground pork
1/2 lb bacon
1 lb beef (i used cubed beef shoulder)
1 tbs sage
1 tbs cumin
1 tsp curry
2 tsp sugar
1 tbs dry mustard
Add or subtract whatever spices you enjoy, or have, and cook until beef is no longer red. (Maybe 5 minutes)
Add meat stuff to beans. Make sure beans are covered with water, cook on low heat for 3-4 hours, adding water when needed.
Rice:
Should be made at a ratio of 2.2:1 (Water:dry rice)
Sort of.
Grab a bowl, and put rice in it, then some beans.
Eat for dinner 3 to 4 days to save some money
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by John E. Gold on -
Oh yeah, add some Bay Leaves to the beans. Bay leaves make everything taste good.
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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on -
That sounds like meat and beans stew! I'll have to try a version of that someday.
When I make beans I don't put that much meat in it because it's too expensive, frankly, and also I just keep it simple.
Basic Beans
1 pound bag of red beans or black beans
4 - 6 whole cloves of garlic
2 bay leaves
1 or 2 small dried red chiles (chile arbol or chil tepin)
1 whole onion.
1 package of smoked turkey or pork (a pound or less, either bacon, salt pork, smoked turkey necks, slice of ham, smoked turkey legs/etc)
If you do not eat meat, leave out the meat. I will add instructions how to jazz up the taste for vegetarians.
Soak beans overnight or all day/8 hours.
Drain beans.
Put beans into a large 4 quart or larger stock pot.
Cut onion in four pieces. Peel garlic and throw into the pot with the bay leaves and chiles. Add in the smoked meat.
Cover with cold water, and bring to a boil. When boiling, turn off the heat, and put the lid on the pot, then cover with an old towel or two to keep the heat in. Let that sit on your stove 2 hours.
After that, take the towels off and bring to boil again. When it boils, turn the heat low and boil a couple more hours, stirring every 30 minutes, and when the beans feel soft, they are done. Pick out the bay leaves and any bones from the meat before serving with hot rice.
For vegetarians, make this vegetable saute' in a seperate pan and stir in to the cooked beans.
4 tomatoes
1 onion
2 cloves garlic.
2 tbsp vegetable oil or any type
Chop onion and garlic finely, saute in the oil, then chop the tomatoes small and add to this and cook on medium heat until soft.
Stir into the cooked beans. This tastes really good, just like the meat version. I found this out years ago, because when our parents wanted to have beans at dinner, but we had not cooked any, they would buy large canned beans that had no meat in them, and cook this on the side and stir it in to jazz up the flavor. And I realized later on that this would work for vegetarians who don't want to cook beans with meat in them.
Rice
Well I have one of those rice cookers electric and also the J Chen microwave one, but the ratio of water to rice is the same, 1.5 to 1, water to rice. The only exception is brown rice, you really need to use twice as much water to rice.
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on -
Thank you for these recipes. It may seem basic, but I have never cooked beans from scratch.
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Permalink Reply by William Brave on -
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Rosenda said:That sounds like meat and beans stew! I'll have to try a version of that someday.
When I make beans I don't put that much meat in it because it's too expensive, frankly, and also I just keep it simple.
Basic Beans
1 pound bag of red beans or black beans
4 - 6 whole cloves of garlic
2 bay leaves
1 or 2 small dried red chiles (chile arbol or chil tepin)
1 whole onion.
1 package of smoked turkey or pork (a pound or less, either bacon, salt pork, smoked turkey necks, slice of ham, smoked turkey legs/etc)
If you do not eat meat, leave out the meat. I will add instructions how to jazz up the taste for vegetarians.
Soak beans overnight or all day/8 hours.
Drain beans.
Put beans into a large 4 quart or larger stock pot.
Cut onion in four pieces. Peel garlic and throw into the pot with the bay leaves and chiles. Add in the smoked meat.
Cover with cold water, and bring to a boil. When boiling, turn off the heat, and put the lid on the pot, then cover with an old towel or two to keep the heat in. Let that sit on your stove 2 hours.
After that, take the towels off and bring to boil again. When it boils, turn the heat low and boil a couple more hours, stirring every 30 minutes, and when the beans feel soft, they are done. Pick out the bay leaves and any bones from the meat before serving with hot rice.
For vegetarians, make this vegetable saute' in a seperate pan and stir in to the cooked beans.
4 tomatoes
1 onion
2 cloves garlic.
2 tbsp vegetable oil or any type
Chop onion and garlic finely, saute in the oil, then chop the tomatoes small and add to this and cook on medium heat until soft.
Stir into the cooked beans. This tastes really good, just like the meat version. I found this out years ago, because when our parents wanted to have beans at dinner, but we had not cooked any, they would buy large canned beans that had no meat in them, and cook this on the side and stir it in to jazz up the flavor. And I realized later on that this would work for vegetarians who don't want to cook beans with meat in them.
Rice
Well I have one of those rice cookers electric and also the J Chen microwave one, but the ratio of water to rice is the same, 1.5 to 1, water to rice. The only exception is brown rice, you really need to use twice as much water to rice.
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Permalink Reply by John E. Gold on
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Thanks Rosenda, i will try that too. There's so many ways to make it. There is a lot of meat in mine, but i like it meaty, I only have to add some rice for 4-5 days of Under $10 eatin'. I live in Akron. Things are pretty cheap here.
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Permalink Reply by John E. Gold on
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I bought some chicken legs, great northern beans, a red bell pepper, and an onion today. I have some greens and turkey soup i made in the crock pot yesterday, and have some turkey broth. Hopefully it will come out good.
I had to go with the Uncle Ben's rice. I hate that it's so expensive, but i don't like my rice too sticky. Anyone know of a good cheap rice, that's just like Uncle Ben's?
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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on
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Right on Jahluv. That's what I do. Basmati rice at an Indian market, always you can get it on sale a 20 lb bag of rice for $14.99, or go to a Thai or Vietnamese or Chinese market and get you the 20 lb bag of jasmine rice always on sale around the same price.
If you don't like sticky rice, you might go for jasmine or basmati, they are not sticky like short grain Japanese style rice.
Another thing..............the ratio of water to rice should be 1 and 1/2 times as much water as rice. You might get sticky rice if you use a lot more water than that to rice.
Those rice cookers are perfect. You always find one of those 10 cup big ones at a major department store or even at the Asian markets on sale for $20 or less. Dang y'all making me hungry.
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