Red Rice and Beans

Name: Red Rice and Beans
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters Adzuki beans, soaked overnight; 2 Tbsps brown sugar; 710 milliliters chicken stock; 2 Tbsps Siracha Chili Sauce; 1 teaspoon Five Spice Powder; 2 Tbsps minced fresh ginger; 1 Tbsp finely minced garlic; 2 Tbsps minced garlic; 1 Tbsp finely minced or grated ginger; 454 grams bulk ground pork; 2 Tbsps kecap manis (sweet Indonesian Soy Sauce) You can substitute Hoisin Sauce; 6 servings Kecap Manis and Siracha sauce to taste; 2 Tbsps Canola or Peanut oil; 237 milliliters Bhutanese Red Rice; 79 milliliters Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 2 Tbsps Shaoxing rice wine - or dry sherry; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 bunch scallions, white and green parts, cut on the diagonal, 1/4 inch pieces; 1 Tbsp sesame oil; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 3 smalls red Thai bird chiles, seeds removed, finely chopped; 1 can diced water chestnuts

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Red Rice and Beans a try. One portion of this dish contains about 25g of protein, 32g of fat, and a total of 750 calories. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up peanut oil, sesame oil, shaoxing rice wine, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Mix together all the ingredients except the pork and canola oil.

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Canola Oil

Pork

Add the pork and mix well.

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Pork

Cover and refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.

Heat 2 TBL canola or peanut oil in a large pan on the stove and fry the pork mixture into crumbles until no longer pink and most of the liquid has evaporated.

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Peanut Oil

Pork

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Stove

Frying Pan

Pour the cooked pork mixture into colander to drain fat, and let cool.

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Cooked Pork

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Colander

Use the seasoned sausage in any dish. Keeps for a week.

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Sausage

In a medium saucepan, place the adzuki beans with the chicken stock, salt, and five spice powder. Bring to a boil and simmer gently for 20 minutes.

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Chinese Five Spice

Chicken Stock

Adzuki Beans

Salt

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After 20 minutes, add the rice and continue to cook another 20 minutes until the liquid is absorbed and rice is cooked.

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Rice

Once the rice and beans are cooked, heat the oil in a large wok or skillet until shimmering hot.

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Beans

Rice

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Wok

Quickly stir fry the ginger, scallions (reserve a few TBL to scatter on top later), chiles, and garlic for 2 minutes.

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Green Onions

Chili Pepper

Garlic

Ginger

Add the sesame oil, Kecap Manis, and mix well, stir fry for another minute.

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Kecap Manis

Sesame Oil

Add the Shaoxing wine and reduce for one more minute until most of the wine has evaporated.

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Shaoxing Wine

Wine

Reduce heat, and add the water chestnuts, cook for one minute

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Water Chestnuts

Mix in the rice and beans and Chinese sausage mixture. Stir well and heat through.

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Sausage

Beans

Rice

Mound the red rice and beans into a large bowl, scatter remaining scallions on top and season to taste with soy sauce and siracha sauce or sambal olek.

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Green Onions

Soy Sauce

Sriracha