Black Beans and Rice – Costa Rican Style
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Black Beans and Rice – Costa Rican Style

Ingredients

2 Onions, medium size, chopped
4 Cloves Garlic, crushed
3 Stalks Celery, chopped
1-6 oz. can Tomato Paste
3-15 oz. cans Black Beans, drained
2 cups Brown Rice cooked in 4 cups Water
2 Bay Leaves
1 tsp. Oregano, dried
1 tsp. Cilantro, dried
Hot Red Pepper Sauce (to taste)
(To enlarge the photo of the black beans and rice, click on the photo or link)

Preparation

This recipe can be prepared on a stovetop or in a microwave oven.  We cooked the Rice on our stovetop and the combined ingredients in a microwave oven.

To start, place 4 cups of water in a pot with cover.  Set on stovetop (“high” setting) and heat until water is boiling.  Add 2 cups raw brown long grain Rice.  Stir.  When water begins to boil again, stir, and reduce heat to simmer. Do not stir again. The Rice should be done in about 20-30 minutes.

While Rice is cooking, wash and peel Onions and chop into small pieces.  Wash and chop Celery stalks.  Place Onion and Celery pieces in a large glass or ceramic covered baking dish for cooking in a microwave oven.  Clean, peel, and crush the Garlic cloves. Add to baking dish.  Add the Hot Sauce, Bay Leaves, Oregano and Cilantro.  Mix and cook in microwave oven until onion and celery are softened (the onions should be semi-translucent).

When the vegetables are cooked, add drained Black Beans and Tomato Paste.  Wash out the tomato paste can with some water, add this water to the dish, and stir.  Cover the baking dish and heat again in the microwave oven.

When Rice is cooked, add to other ingredients in baking dish and stir well.  Heat in microwave oven until hot.  Add additional Hot Sauce to taste.  Remove bay leaves before serving.

Serve as is, or Spoon Black Beans and Rice onto warmed tortillas.  You may want to add salsa, as shown in photo, before folding tortillas.

Tortilla with Black Beans and Rice – Costa Rican Style

Enjoy!

Bay Leaves	Beans, Black, Canned	Celery	Cilantro, Dried Leaves	Garlic
Onions, Yellow	Oregano, Dried	Pepper Sauce - Hot Red	Rice, Brown	Tomato Paste

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The above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31):  'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.  And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so.   God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV)  Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!  (d-29)

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