MOROS Y CRISTIANOS (Black Beans & Rice)

Cuban Rice

Ingredients

  • Basic Black Beans*
  • 3 6" pieces of slab bacon
  • 2 Garlic cloves; crushed
  • 2 T Olive oil
  • 1 c Liquid from previously
  • -cooked black beans
  • 1 c Rice, uncooked
  • 1/2 c Water
  • 1/2 c Black beans; drained
  • 1/2 ts Olive oil

Directions

Prepare Basic Black Beans recipe, reserving liquid from beans.

In a 2-qt. saucepan, saute slab bacon and garlic in olive oil until they are lightly browned. Remove from pan; set aside.

Put rice in the pan and cook until it begins to crackle. Add water and liquid from black beans. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until rice is rather dry (water will be almost completely absorbed) and almost tender. Add black beans and olive oil; cook a little longer until rice is tender but not too soft or mushy. Mix in browned pieces of bacon and garlic. Serve hot.



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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Unknown
Submitted By: Shelly Black
shellack@aol.com
MOROS Y CRISTIANOS (Black Beans & Rice)