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serving platter with latin vegetable rice with beans
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Latin Bean Vegetable Rice

Get ready to experience a mind blowing rice dish!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Caribbean, Dominican, Latin
Keyword: beans, dominican food, dominican recipe, latin dinner, latin food, latin recipe, moro, moro rice, rice, vegan, vegan recipe, vegetables, vegetarian, vegetarian recipe
Servings: 12 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 cups long grain rice
  • 4-1/2 cups cups water
  • 1 tbs salt
  • 1/4 cup Mazola Corn Oil
  • 1 tbs garlic minced
  • 1 tbs lime juice
  • 1 tbs Goya Adobo
  • 1/4 tsp ground oregano
  • 2 tbs Goya Salad Olives chopped
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 yellow onion chopped
  • 1/2 yellow pepper cut in chunks
  • 1 can 8oz tomato sauce
  • couple of strands of cilantro
  • 1 can beans black, roman, pink, pinto, etc. Or boil to soften your own beans.
  • 1 10oz bag frozen vegetables you can substitute with fresh or canned

Instructions

  • In a pot over medium heat, add oil, garlic, adobo, salt, oregano, soy sauce, lime juice. Stir well.
  • Add and onions, peppers and olives. Stir.
  • When it is simmering add tomato sauce, stir and then add the beans.
  • Add water, cilantro, frozen vegetables and stir. Now cover and bring to a boil.
  • Once the liquid is boiling, add the rice and stir. Make sure rice doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot. Allow water to evaporate. Watch my video for reference on how it should look.
  • Once liquid evaporates, lower to a simmer and cover for 25 to 30 minutes.
  • After the 25 to 30 minutes, uncover rice and stir. Cover again for 5 minutes. Uncover, stir and it is ready to serve!
  • We serve it with Pollo Guisado (Stewed Chicken), Rabo Guisado (Oxtail Stew), even with Dominican Fried Chicken Wings. All recipes found on this blog!

Video

Notes

You may use fresh or canned vegetables if preferred.
We serve it with Pollo Guisado (Stewed Chicken), Rabo Guisado (Oxtail Stew), even with Dominican Fried Chicken Wings. All recipes found on my blog. :-)