Spicy Pinto Bean Bake
If you like pinto beans as a side dish, you can add brown rice, along with a few other ingredients, and you have a main dish. Pair this bake with a salad to complete your meal.
- recipe “Refried" Beans
- 3 cups cooked brown or wild rice
- 2 10-ounce cans diced tomatoes and green chiles
- ½ cup chopped green pepper
- ¼ cup chopped green onions, green parts only
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- Toppings: Avocado slices, black olives, shredded lettuce
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly rub bottom and sides of an 9 x 13-inch baking dish with coconut or olive oil. Pour “Refried” Beans into dish, and spread evenly across bottom. Add rice, tomatoes and green chiles, green pepper, green onions, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Stir well. Bake 20 minutes.
Yield: 6 servings (serving size: ½ cup)
- Substitute the cayenne pepper with 2 teaspoons Taco Seasoning.
- Use homemade Salsa instead of green chiles and tomatoes (you may want to omit or reduce amount of green peppers if you do).
- Add 1 (15-ounce) can drained corn kernels.