Black Beans and Rice Your Way

Name: Black Beans and Rice Your Way
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 946 milliliters Kemps black beans; 2 teaspoons olive oil; 237 milliliters hulled (green) pumpkin seeds (also called pepitas; not toasted); 1 teaspoons salt; 454 grams sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 532 milliliters water; 355 milliliters long-grain white rice

Black Beans and Rice Your Way is a gluten free and vegan main course. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 27g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 683 calories. A mixture of rice, pumpkin seeds, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 hours.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.

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Oven

Toss sweet potatoes with oil and salt, then spread in 1 layer in a large shallow baking pan. Roast, stirring and turning over once or twice, until tender and browned, 35 to 40 minutes.

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Sweet Potato

Spread

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Bring water, rice, and salt to a boil in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan, then reduce heat and cook, tightly covered, until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 15 minutes.

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Water

Rice

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Let stand, covered, off heat 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork.

Toast pumpkin seeds in a dry 10- to 12-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick; preferably cast-iron) over moderate heat, stirring, until seeds are puffed and pale golden, 3 to 4 minutes.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Seeds

Toast

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a bowl and stir in oil and salt to taste.

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Salt

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Reheat black beans, thinning with water if necessary, then serve along with rice, sweet potatoes, pumpkin seeds, and accompaniments, each in a separate bowl.

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Sweet Potato

Pumpkin Seeds

Black Beans