It’s been so nice outside for the past while that it reminds
Tomato Rice and Beans
Ingredients
- - 1 medium onion, diced
- - 2 tbsp olive oil
- - 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- - 1/4 cup tomato paste
- - 1 cup white rice (I used jasmine but basmati works too)
- - 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained (19 fl oz on can)
- - Lime juice (to taste, I used about 1 tbsp for the serving in the photo)
- - 1 avocado, diced
- - 1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
- - Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook onion with olive oil until translucent on a non-stick pan over medium high heat.
- Add vegetable broth, rice, and tomato paste and mix until the tomato paste is mixed in and the rice is evenly distributed (it should come to a boil)
- Add the drained beans and mix in until even.
- Cover and lower heat to a simmer and let cook for 15-20 minutes or until the rice is cooked through. The bottom of the pan will be a little crispy (kind of like paella) but that's the most delicious part!
- Fluff with fork. To serve, add avocado, cilantro, lime juice, and top with salt and pepper. I added a little sriracha sauce too because I like things spicy.
As the days get hotter, I have less of a desire to turn on the oven. My apartment isn’t tiny, but it’s small enough to heat up at least 2 degrees (Celcius) whenever I turn on the oven. Add heat, and the lack of air circulation with a fan or A/C unit, and my apartment gets hooooooot. Also, I have a massive window in my bedroom that faces east, and if ever my curtains are just sliiiightly cracked open, I wake up with an awkward stripe tan. Super attractive, I’m sure.
So if you don’t really want to turn on your oven but you’re still into eating hot food, turn on the stove to make these stovetop tomato rice and beans. The rice and beans make a complete protein, then you top it with avocado, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime juice, and you get a fresh, bright, dish full of flavour. If you like it a little spicy, you can add cayenne to the rice as it’s cooking, or do what I do: just squeeze a ton of sriracha sauce over it.
The more traditional recipes I’ve seen use some cumin in the rice as it cooks, but seeing as I am anti-cumin, I omitted that and just used a little pepper and cayenne instead. CUMIN IS FOR SUCKERS.
Tomato Rice and Beans
Ingredients
- - 1 medium onion, diced
- - 2 tbsp olive oil
- - 1 1/2 cups vegetable broth
- - 1/4 cup tomato paste
- - 1 cup white rice (I used jasmine but basmati works too)
- - 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained (19 fl oz on can)
- - Lime juice (to taste, I used about 1 tbsp for the serving in the photo)
- - 1 avocado, diced
- - 1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
- - Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook onion with olive oil until translucent on a non-stick pan over medium high heat.
- Add vegetable broth, rice, and tomato paste and mix until the tomato paste is mixed in and the rice is evenly distributed (it should come to a boil)
- Add the drained beans and mix in until even.
- Cover and lower heat to a simmer and let cook for 15-20 minutes or until the rice is cooked through. The bottom of the pan will be a little crispy (kind of like paella) but that's the most delicious part!
- Fluff with fork. To serve, add avocado, cilantro, lime juice, and top with salt and pepper. I added a little sriracha sauce too because I like things spicy.
Joe says
Lisa, what do you have against cumin?!? It’s practically a staple for me :P
Lisa Le says
Hahha I just don’t really like it! Although since this post, it has grown on me haha.
Ana says
Hi! Where spices? I feel some spices are missing?!? :)
Lisa Le says
I didn’t use spices in this recipe, but if I were to make this now (this recipe is a few years old) I would add fresh garlic and some onion/garlic powder too.