Gallo Pinto

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Tips

Serve with platanos (e.g. as tostones), fried egg, fresh corn tortillas, avocado, fruit, hotsauce

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic
• pinch of salt
• 2 cups cooked black beans with 1/2 cup cooking liquid
• 1/4 cup salsa lizano
• 3 cups day-old cooked rice
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

1. Add oil to pot, when simmering add bell pepper, onion, salt
2. When peppers and onions have softened, add garlic until fragrant (about 1 min.)
3. Add beans, bean liquid, lizano. Simmer until thickened (5 min.)
4. Add rice and cook until heated and the liquid has been absorbed (about 3-5 min.)
5. Add cilantro and, if needed more lizano and salt