Delicious Dirty Rice

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 1/3 cups uncooked rice
• 2 3/4 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups corn kernels, blanched
• 1 cup black beans, cooked and drained
• 1 (410 g) can chopped tomatoes with juice (i use a 420 gr can of tomatoees)
• 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 lime, cut into wedges

Recipe

• 1 beans : soak for 2 - 4 hours.
• 2 to cook, drain the soaking water and add cold water, 1 part beans to 2 or 3 parts cold water. bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a very slow simmer, so the beans stay in their jackets. simmer for 2 hours.
• 3 lightly toast pine nuts.
• 4 in a heavy saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium heat.
• 5 add the garlic and the chopped onions; saute for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 6 mix in the bell pepper, chili powder, chili flakes, cumin, and cinnamon.
• 7 saute for 2 minutes.
• 8 pour the rice into the saucepan and stir to coat.
• 9 add the water and 1 teaspoon salt, and bring the rice to a boil over high heat.
• 10 cover the pan and turn the heat to low.
• 11 simmer the rice for 25 minutes.
• 12 when the rice is cooked, mix in tomatoes, corn, black beans, and pine nuts.
• 13 stir in salt, pepper and lime juice.
• 14 when the mixture is heated through, spoon it onto plates and top with the sliced red onion and cilantro.
• 15 serve a wedge or two of lime with each plate to squeeze over the rice.