Red Beans and Rice

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  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 can of low sodium stewed tomatoes1 can of low sodium dark or light red kidney beans1 cup of cooked brown riceAny fresh or dried seasonings of your choice I like to use: Celery Seed, Fresh Ground Black Pepper, Tobasco (if I want a kick) or red chili flakes, maybe fresh cilantro for garnish
Directions
Take your can of stewed tomatos and chop them up to the size of the kidney beans, put them in a 2 -3 qt. saucepan

Add your well drained kidney beans (light or dark doesn't matter), heat through, about 2 minutes on medium heat

Add your cooked brown rice and stir until well coated

Continue to heat through and add any herbs and spices at this time and stir well.

For additional protein, you can add chopped Chicken breast if you don't want a began meal.

Serving size is a heaping single cup.

Serving Size: Makes 6 1-cup servings

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DEBORASAYS.

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 205.6
  • Total Fat: 1.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 469.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 39.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 6.8 g
  • Protein: 7.4 g

Member Reviews
  • ZRIE014
    tasty - 4/26/21
  • JUNETTA2002
    Great recipe it's what for supper - 4/10/21
  • 1HAPPYSPIRIT
    So tasty! - 2/5/20
  • PWILLOW1
    This is really easy and so good. I will try some other spices as well an maybe a bit of chopped celery instead of cilantro. - 10/27/19
  • GEORGE815
    Nice recipe - 10/27/19
  • LESSOFMOORE
    This sounds good. - 10/30/18
  • CD14292387
    Easy and Good. I used Chili beans and fire roasted diced tomatoes. - 4/6/15