Dirty rice and beans

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Ok, I am going to try my best to make this into a " recipe " LOL.

 

Last night I made this and it was so good. I missed this, and was so

happy to find " Gimme Lean " vegan sausage recently!!

 

Dirty Rice and Beans

 

chopped onion & green/red/yellow peppers (Ahhh, used maybe 1/3 cup total)

chopped garlic (I used about a tablespoon full)

whole dried chilies ( I used three. If left whole, and removed after

cooking, they impart a mild flavor)

16 oz bag of dry pinto beans

 

 

1 cup (dry measure) rice (Jasmine, my rice of choice-- use what you

like- although I doubt brown rice would taste like " dirty rice " )

1/2 package " Gimme Lean " Lightlife brand vegan sausage

oil for frying

spicy seasonings of choice (see note below)

 

 

I put a bit of oil (2 T?) into pressure cooker, threw in the onions ,

peppers and garlic, and sauteed. Rinsed and sorted the beans (I did

not soak them) and added to the pot, along with the required (boiling)

water. added three dried chili peppers. sealed the lid and let it

get to pressure.

 

Then I rinsed and sorted the rice, and started the rice steamer, since

the cook time on that was roughly the same time for the beans.

 

Then I added some oil (again, maybe 2 or 3 T?) to a fry pan, and added

the gimme lean, chopping it up in the pan with a (bamboo! lol)

spatula, so that it cooked up like " crumbles " .

 

When the rice was done, I tossed it into the pan of cooked (and by

then, sightly cooled) gimme lean (off of heat. the heat from the rice

just being cooked was enough). I then added a large dollop (one

" soup " spoon full, rounded) of prik khing curry paste (see note

below).

 

I had mine side by side, but my housemate topped his dirty rice with

the beans. We were both very pleased!

 

I probably could have made half the bag of beans, in order to balance

with the quantity of rice; but I am so used to it taking sooooo long

to cook beans that I am not used to making less than the whole

package! lol Will be rethinking this, now that I have a pressure

cooker!

 

 

**note** I keep a bowl of prepared prik khing curry paste in my

fridge. The paste comes in a small can, and is very thick. you add

quite a bit of oil to it, to make a sauce. It is " Maesri " brand, and

I get it in an asian shop. it contains:

 

dried chillies, garlic, shallot, lemon grass, sugar, salt, kaffir

lime, galangal (ginger), corriander, cumin, cardamon, bay. (and of

course, the oil that you add to it)

 

 

 

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