Gallo Pinto (beans and rice)


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 371.7
  • Total Fat: 11.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 33.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 56.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 8.5 g
  • Protein: 11.1 g

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Introduction

A typical Costa Rican dish eaten at any meal. A typical Costa Rican dish eaten at any meal.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    3 cups day old cooked white rice
    2 cups cooked black beans
    1/4 cup finely chopped raw onion
    1/2 cup chopped fresh bell or sweet red peppers
    2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
    3 tbsp canola oil
    2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
    Tabasco sauce, optional, to taste

Directions

Saute pepper and onion in oil on medium heat. Add beans and cook 2 minutes longer. Add rice and mix, cook 3 minutes more. Add Worcestershire sauce, cilantro and tabasco if desired. Mix well. Makes 4 servings, about 1 and 1/4 cup each. Garnish with favorite salsa.

Serving suggestions: great for breakfast with any style eggs, or as a side dish with meat and vegetables.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PWMAMA.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    this was surprisingly so good! I thought it may be bland, we all loved it! this will be in my weekly rotation for sure. I added more cilantro used brown rice, garlic powder, salt and pepper 1 tbs worcestershire. - 3/18/11