Red Beans - Vegetarian Dirty Rice recipe

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No they are not that small. They don't have that bit of sweet flavor that the

kidney bean does. To me, Red Beans reminds me very much of pinto beans in

flavor and shape. It just slightly firmer in texture and slightly smaller too.

It is more red than brown. I love them. served over a bed of Yellow saffron

rice. I saute some onions, garlic and green pepper and add to the beans.

 

They are also served over a bed of Vegetarian Dirty Rice. Here is the recipe

for that.

 

Vegetarian Dirty Rice (what a funny name for this)

This is a vegetarian dish using Boca brand crumble and Swanson brand vegetarian

broth. It is very versatile.

 

4 Tbsp. Olive Oil

1 Tbsp. butter

1 red onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tsp. dry basil

1 tsp dry oregano

1 tsp. dark chili powder

1 tsp. paparika

1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper

2 c. Jasmin rice or any long grain rice

1- 16 oz.can Swanson Vegetarian broth

1 c. cold water

Salt and pepper to taste

 

Heat a 2 qt. sauce pan to high, place olive oil and butter in pan. Saute onion,

garlic until carmalized. Add basil, oregano, chili powder, paparika, red pepper

and rice. Saute rice for three minutes, stirring ocassionally. Add broth and

water, stir. Bring to a boil for five minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer for

20- 25 minutes or until liquid has evaporated. Then add Boca brand crumbles,

stir until completely heated through. You can also use Morning Star Farms

Crumbles instead of the Boca Brand Crumbles.

 

Serves 4-6

 

Enjoy,

Judy

 

 

 

 

christie_0131

Friday, January 12, 2007 1:24 PM

Red Beans

 

 

After cooking black beans this week I was thinking of moving on to red

beans next week. I found a recipe for red beans and rice. It said that

although you could use kidney beans, small red beans were more

authentic. Would these small beans be as small as adzuki which are the

only other red beans that I have?

TIA

Christie