Because I adore the flavor of black beans, I often substitute this recipe for kidney beans and rice. This side dish never gets left over!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups water
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 beef bouillon cube
- 1 cup rice
- ½ teaspoon Creole seasoning, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon dried cilantro
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until softened, 5 to 7 minutes.
- Stir water, black beans, cumin, and beef bouillon cube into the onion and garlic mixture; bring to a boil, add rice, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and the moisture is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- Gently stir Creole seasoning and cilantro into the beans and rice.
Reviews
The best black bean and rice recipe and so easy!
very flavourful, I was surprised. Thanx for a tasty, simple and economical meal. 🙂
I added 2 tbs capers, a dozen Spanish olives, 2 tabby chopped roasted peppers, and a handful of cherry tomatoes. I didn’t have creole seasoning so I used 1/2 tsp adobo, 1/2 tsp Chili powder, 1/2 tsp oregano and 1/2 tsp Tajin Classico seasoning. It came out wonderful!!
Easy and delicious. I wanted to try cooking for the first time and wanted to try something I thought I could do. It was a big success, my family thought it tasted great.
really enjoyed paired with citrus Cuban pork. didn’t have creole just added 1 or 2 shake of black pepper, paprika, cayenne, oregano, thyme, basil
I made this tonight. Fudge the entire recipe using pre packaged flavored rice It was delicious.
Quarantine will make one try things from the pantry. I didnt have any black beans or dried cilantro. Used pinto beans and a wild rice so took about twice as long to cook Seved with Caribbean jerk grilled chicken tenders and it made a filling meal. Will definitely cook again.
So easy and tasty. Will be making it again.
I made this just as directed! Actually… I didn’t have creole seasoning so I subbed adobo. My family loves it. I make it when we have tacos for dinner and when there is some leftover in the fridge, people actually eat it the next day!
I tripled the recipe, but instead of adding the required amount of water, I used 2 cups less. I added 2 oz of tomato sauce instead. I included all of the ingredients except beef bouillon and creole seasoning. I added a pinch of salt instead. would use less cumin next time, 1/2 the amount. I used fresh cilantro which works just the same. This is a great recipe I plan to repeat frequently.
It’s just too bad I’ll be the only one eating this, seems how I’m the only one that likes black beans. Cuz it’s yummy!!! thank you
Will make again. Quick and tasty
I added french onion soup mix to the water along with better than bouillon. Instead of three cloves I used a hefty scoop of chopped garlic from a jar and a heavy dash of smoked paprika
Great recipe. I added 1Tbs Nutritional Yeast instead of Creole Seasoning (didn’t have any) and it soaked up the little liquid remaining. also I added about 1Tbs fresh lime juice and fresh cilantro at the end. my 10 year old loved it! Thanks for Dinner!
This is a fantastic side dish to any Mexican or Latin meal. I make this in my electric skillet. For the creole seasoning I use the Creole Seasoning Blend recipe from this site. Wonderful.
Quick and Easy black beans and Rice. Needed a quick and easy meal on a budget while missing my moms Cuban congri, I followed the instructions with two minor changes. I cooked smoked beef and turkey sausage in the hot olive oil for about 5mins then added the white small chopped onion and garlic clovers. I skipped the Creole at the end, due to the sausage already adding a bit of sodium (salt) into the flavor of the dish.
maybe a little more salt, used 1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro
Some olive oil & broth
I had a can of black beans leftover from the last time I made chili, needed an easy dinner, and thought I’d give this recipe a try. I added andouille sausage during the garlic-and-onions phase to make it an entree and it was great! Easy to put together without a trip to the grocery, and enough leftover to have it again. To save time, I added the rice to the pan with everything else before bringing it to a boil. I had to leave out the cilantro, as I didn’t have any on hand. I will definitely be making this again, though I may plan ahead for it next time and add some bell peppers for color.
This was so easy to make, and the results are delicious! I recently went vegan, so I just used vegetable broth instead of the beef cube, and it was still full of flavor and amazing! Going into the weekly rotation…
I made this in a last minute effort to have a side with tacos.I didn’t have regular long grain rice so I used Jasmine rice which I had on hand. I didn’t drain the beans, as that wasn’t in the directions and then after reading the reviews I saw that some people substitued part of the water for the bean juice so I threw in another handful of rice hoping to help with the extra liquid. I did not have creole seasoning so I added a packet of Goya Sazon that I had on hand. It could have used a little more spice but all and all it was delicious and perfectly cooked.