Easy Rice Bowl

Easy Rice Bowl

from acouplecooks.com
30 min

This easy rice bowl comes together in a flash! This fast dinner stars black beans and veggies with zingy cilantro lime ranch sauce. Variation: Try our Shrimp Rice Bowl!

Ingredients

  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 15-ounce cans black beans, drained but not rinsed
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • Scant 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups dry white rice or brown rice
  • 1 pint cherry tomatoes
  • 1 ripe avocado
  • 1 cup frozen corn kernels, defrosted (or canned corn)
  • 1/4 red onion
  • Cilantro Lime Sauce or Chipotle Ranch (or for vegan, Spicy Chipotle Sauce or Cashew Cilantro Sauce)
  • Cilantro, to serve

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook the rice, according to How to Cook Rice. (Or try Cilantro Lime Rice!)

  2. 2

    Mince the garlic. In a medium saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds to 1 minute until fragrant but not yet browned. Add the beans (drained but not rinsed), cumin, kosher salt, and several grinds of black pepper. Cook 2 minutes until warmed through. Taste and add additional salt if desired.

  3. 3

    Make the sauce (see above).

  4. 4

    Slice the tomatoes in half. Slice the avocado. Defrost the corn. Thinly slice the red onion.

  5. 5

    To serve, place rice in the bowl and top with black beans and vegetables. Drizzle with the sauce and top with torn cilantro.