Gallo Pinto
From greenlord 15 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is a traditional recipe from Costa Rica. Ticos eat that almost every day. for almost any meals, even breakfast !
Ingredients
- 2 cups of rice shopping list
- 2 cups of cooked dried black beans. (reserve the cooking water) shopping list
- 1 small or medium onion finely chopped shopping list
- 1/2 small red pepper finely chopped shopping list
- 3/4 cup of fresh chopped cilantro shopping list
- 2 cloves of garlic, Minced shopping list
- Reserved bean cooking water shopping list
- 4 Tbsp of olive oil (EVOO) shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oil in a pot over low heat.
- Infuse the oil with the whole garlic and half of the onion, red pepper and cilantro for 2 or 3 minutes.
- Raise the heat to medium high and saute the rice stiring constantly until light golden colored.
- Add the Beans.
- Cover the rice and beans with about 2 1/2 to 3 cups of the reserved bean cooking water.
- Give it a quick stir, cover, reduce heat to low and cook for 20 minutes or until rice is cooked.
- Add the other half of the onion, red pepper and cilantro anf fluff the rice gently with a fork.
- Enjoy
- P.S. Sorry if i'm a bit vague about the quantities and cooking time. I'm just really intuitive when i cook rice. Rice is one of those ``It's ready when you know it's ready`` Type of ingredients. It requires practice but when you know how to cook a good rice, it is quite rewarding.
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Sounds colorful and delicious! Thanks for sharing this great post!
juels
in Clayton loved it
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Ahh yes my friend!! " Gallo pinto con huevos fritos" <-- My breakfast of choice when I used to eat at this small Diner in Fl before work.. Your recipe is spot on.. Very traditional... High 5
jimrug1
in Peoria loved it
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This I am definitely going to make.
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