Black Beans and Rice

By Mcassid1

Very simple & quick!

Ingredients

• 1 cup of brown rice
• 1 15 oz. can of black beans, drained
• 1 red or green medium pepper, chopped
• 1/2 medium onion, chopped
• 4 scallions, sliced
• 2 elephant cloves of garlic, sliced (double if regular size)
• 1 tsp. dry cilantro
• 4 TBSP pico de gallo (or another type of salsa if prefer)
• some ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cook rice according to directions.
2. Heat pan to medium-high with some olive oil--set timer for 10 minutes; then add onion and stir.
3. After about 2 minutes, add scallions and stir for 30 seconds; next add the garlic, stirring occassionally.
4. Add cilantro and keep stirring often.
5. When there is 4 minutes left on the timer add the pepper pieces.
6. After 3 minutes add the cooked rice and the pico de gallo and stir well.
7. Add a bit of ground pepper to taste and stir occassionally until the timer goes off--then serve.