{"id":303,"slug":"beans-and-rice","title":"Beans and Rice","description":"This recipe for beans and rice is great to make on the weekend and bring to work during the week. It's also great for entertaining on a budget, since you can feed 5 or 6 people for less than ten dollars. It is a vegan adaptation of cajun rice and beans, similar to gallo pinto.","ingredients_raw":["1 package (16 oz) dry beans (kidney or black beans preferred)","1 onion, chopped","1 green bell pepper, chopped","1 celery stalk, sliced thin","1 bulb garlic, minced","2 bay leaves","1 tsp ground cumin","1 tsp chili powder","1 tsp ground basil","Olive oil","Salt to taste","Pepper, to taste","1–2 whole dried or fresh hot peppers (optional)","1–2 cups rice"],"ingredients_norm":["dry bean","onion","green bell pepper","celery stalk","bulb garlic","bay leaf","ground cumin","chili powder","ground basil","olive oil","salt","pepper","whole dried or fresh hot pepper","rice"],"steps":["Soak beans overnight, or, bring to a boil and let sit for one hour.","In a Dutch oven or large pot, sauté onions and garlic in olive oil on medium heat until onions are translucent.","Add green pepper and celery, and sauté for a few minutes more.","Add beans and enough water to cover all ingredients.","Add spices, then bring to a boil. Lower heat, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until done (1–2 hours, depending on the age of your beans).","Add rice and twice as much water to a pot (i.e. 1 cup rice + 2 cups water).","Bring to a rolling boil, and cook until the water has boiled down to the level of the rice.","Reduce heat to a light simmer, cover, and cook for 20 minutes.","Serve the beans over the rice and enjoy! It is also very tasty with cornbread."],"categories":["Bean recipes","Vegan recipes","Recipes using pulses","Recipes using rice","Boiled recipes","Louisiana recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes using basil","Recipes using green bell pepper","Recipes using celery","Recipes using chili powder","Recipes using ground cumin","Recipes using black bean","Recipes using kidney bean"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Beans_and_Rice","source_ref":"4534237","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Beans_and_Rice&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"67d5d239b95103dd072a192bb17d9015a5a60519f99ee830606214c11770a83c","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:14Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/beans-and-rice"}