RE FRIED BLACK BEANS AND RICE

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  RE FRIED BLACK BEANS AND RICE

     Beans are another food that is very healthy and super cheap.  Add some onions, chilies, tomatoes and some spices to the rice and you have a tasty meal for nearly nothing.  I cook the entire 1 pound package of beans and make burritos to freeze for lunch at work or just freeze the beans for later use.
Ingredients

3 cups cooked black beans
1 1/2 cups uncooked rice
1/2 of one medium onion
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1/2 of a 10 oz can of enchilada sauce
1/2 of a 10 oz can of diced tomatoes with green chilies
1/4 cup nopales  (cactus) optional
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon adobo
salt to taste

    Start by cooking up the beans.  I cook the entire 1 lb package and save the rest for later.  This recipe takes some time, but most of that time is soaking and cooking the beans where you don't even have to be home.  I start by sorting the beans to be sure there are no small stones or debris mixed in with them.  Take a white plate and pour the beans on in a single layer and give them a quick look, removing anything that in not a bean.  Put the sorted beans in a slow-cooker covered with water and let them soak for 6-8 hours.  The beans will swell up as they absorb the water so be sure to have the water level about 2 inches higher than the beans.  After soaking overnight drain the water and refill the slow-cooker (again 2 inches above the level of the beans) add a couple tablespoons of salt to the water.  Set the slow-cooker to low and cook for 8 hours.

     When you get close to the 8 hour mark you can start your rice.  Follow the package instructions, or just put your 1 1/2 cups of rice in the rice cooker with 3 cups of water.  When the beans are fully cooked you can start to make them re fried.  Add cooking oil to a pan on medium heat and put in the diced onion, cook the onions until they start to get a little brown.  Add 3 cups of the cooked beans to the pan with 1/2 a cup of the liquid the beans cooked in.  In the hot pan mash up the beans with a potato masher until they are smooth.  Keep stirring the beans as they cook until you get the right consistency.  The beans will continue to thicken as they cool so don't let them get to thick on the heat.  Salt to taste and the beans are ready to go.

     Don't worry we are almost done.  Take the cooked rice and the enchilada sauce, tomatoes, chilies, noplaes and spices mix them all together.  Serve the beans over the rice and enjoy.

     If you are doing this on the weekend, when you turn on the slow-cooker go and binge something on Netflix. Then you can tell everyone you spent 8 hours cooking (the beans in the pot) and cleaning (your Netflix Que)


Running Total


     
     Lets look at the bill on this one.  You get 4 servings of re fried beans and rice for about $0.47.  That is a savings of   $4.53.  Add that to the $8.98 saved from other meals and you get a grand total of $13.51. 

This meal $4.53 savings
Total $13.51 savings



     

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