BEANS: Black Bean and Rice Cakes - 4 pts, 27g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber

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Black Bean and Rice Cakes - 4 pts, 27g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber

 

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Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : LowerCarbs LowFat (Less than 30%)

Veggie WW

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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8 oz. Mexican seasoned Rice -- (1 package) or Spanish style

yellow rice

1 can black beans -- (15 oz.) 1 can

Oil for frying

1/2 large red and green pepper -- seeded, chopped

1 small onion -- chopped

1/4 cup cilantro leaves chopped

1 cup frozen corn kernels

1 teaspoon Cumin seed

1/2 lime -- zest from half a lime

3 eggs -- lightly beaten

8 soft tacos

1 cup Sour Cream

Salsa

 

Drain beans Set aside.

Place tacos in processor and process to a fine crumb.

Cook rice as directed on package after rice is cooked open lid and stir in beans

corn, taco crumbs and cilantro to rice use paddle to mix in; set aside to cool.

Heat 2 Tbsp. of the oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add cumin, peppers

and onion; cook and stir 10 minutes or until crisp-tender.

Transfer rice and bean mixture to large bowl. Stir in pepper and onion mixture,

lime zest and egg until well blended. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or until

chilled.

Shape rice mixture into 16 cakes, using about 1/4 cup of the rice mixture for

each cake. Heat 2 inches of oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat.

Add rice cakes in batches; cook 5 minutes on each side or until lightly browned

on both sides.

Serve each cake topped with 1 Tbsp. of the sour cream and salsa.

 

Makes 16 cakes

 

Description:

" 4 pts "

Source:

" Oster Company "

S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):

" 10.03.07 "

Yield:

" 16 cakes "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 180 Calories; 6g Fat (28.6% calories from

fat); 6g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 46mg Cholesterol; 247mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0

Non-Fat Milk; 1 Fat.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 563 0 0 2236 0 26108 0 0 0 0 1473 0 0