Middle Eastern Rice with Black Beans and Chickpeas
Middle Eastern Rice with Black Beans and Chickpeas might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe makes 8 servings with 432 calories, 36g of protein, and 8g of fat each. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a rather inexpensive recipe for fans of middl eastern food. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. If you have ground cumin, beans, ground pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the ground cumin you could follow this main course with the Moroccan Chocolate Mousse as a dessert.
Instructions
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic, and cook 1 minute. Stir in rice, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and cayenne pepper. Cook and stir 5 minutes, then pour in chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
Place the turkey in a skillet over medium heat, and cook until evenly brown.
Gently mix cooked turkey, garbanzo beans, black beans, cilantro, parsley, and pine nuts into the cooked rice. Season with salt and pepper.