Description

Don't let anyone ever tell you any other breakfast is the one of champions...because this is it! Gallo Pinto comes from Costa Rica with it's many available outdoor activities and it is a great start to the day.

Ingredients

1 cup jasmine or other long grain rice
1 vegetable bouillon
310 milliliters / 1 1/4 cups water
1 tablespoon oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 cloves or garlic, finely chopped
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground, chili pepper
1 cup black beans (if dried, they need to soak for 8 hours prior)*
1 medium or 2 small tomatoes, finely chopped
1 medium chili pepper, finely chopped

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Instructions

Place the rice, vegetable bouillon and water into a frying pan on low heat, stirring to cook consistently until the rice is cooked and the rice is quite dry, but not sticking to the base of the pan.
Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Place the oil, onion, garlic, coriander seeds, ground cumin and chili pepper in a frying pan on low heat and cook, stirring until slightly translucent.
Add the rice in and stir through to heat.
Add the black beans, stirring to heat through before adding in the tomato and chili pepper.
Cook for a further 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat and serve immediately.
Enjoy!

Notes

Using Dried Beans (from Lazy Smurf Blog)
Soak the beans for at least 8 hours. If you live somewhere that is really hot (e.g. Texas in the summer) you should do this in the fridge. When the beans are done soaking change the water (add about 7 cups), add a couple bay leaves, and bring to a simmer for around 90 minutes. You will need to check the doneness of the beans at around 1 hour because the timing will vary depending on how dry your beans are. You can also do this step in the crock pot. Whatever you do, make sure that you save some of the cooking water with the beans because you will need it later.

Safety of eating reheated rice: Due to the rice being set in the fridge whilst warm and the amount of heat to cook this the next morning, there is a very low risk of getting food poisoning from this reheated rice.

Adapted from Lazy Smurf Blog