Best Spotted Rooster Gallo Pinto Recipes

SPOTTED ROOSTER (GALLO PINTO)

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Provided by Jessica Harris

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

3 tablespoons minced onion
1½ tablespoons minced green bell pepper
3 tablespoons canola oil
3 cups cooked Camellia Brand Black Beans
4 cups cooked rice
2 ½ teaspoons minced cilantro (or to taste)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce (or to taste)
Hot pepper sauce to taste
5 strips bacon, cooked, drained, and crumbled (optional) for garnish
Minced onion (scallion) for garnish

Steps:

Directions: 1. In a skillet, sauté the onion and bell pepper in oil, until the onion is translucent. 2. Add the beans and cook for two minutes. Add the rice and cook for three minutes. 3. Add the cilantro, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper sauce, stir well, taste, and adjust seasonings. 4. Cook for an additional two minutes, then serve mounded on a platter garnished with the bacon and minced scallion. Adapted from Beyond Gumbo: Creole Fusion Food from the Atlantic Rim.

GALLO PINTO

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This recipe from Costa Rica was probably my favorite recipe to come out of the country! Gallo Pinto is a rice and beans dish from Costa Rica. It's made with white rice, black beans, some peppers, and then the special ingredient, Lizano.

Provided by The Foreign Fork

Categories Breakfast Main Course rice

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked rice (cooked according to package)
1 15 oz can black beans (drained, not rinsed)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion (chopped)
½ red pepper (chopped)
½ yellow pepper (chopped)
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cumin
Black pepper to taste
2 tbsp Lizano (can substitute Worcestershire Sauce)
½ cup Reserved black bean juice

Steps:

Cook the rice according to package instructions (or you can cook it in a pressure cooker if you have one).
Drain the beans, but reserve the liquid from the can in a small bowl.
Add the oil to a large pan and heat it over medium high heat.
Add the onion, red pepper, and yellow pepper and heat until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
Add the beans into the pan and stir until heated.
Add the rice, and stir with the beans.
Add the salt, cumin, pepper to taste, and Lizano (or Worcestershire sauce). Pour in half of the reserved bean liquid from the canned beans. Stir until everything is heated through.
Enjoy! Leave a comment on this page letting me know what you thought of the recipe.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 195 kcal, Carbohydrate 34 g, Protein 6 g, Fat 4 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 407 mg, Fiber 6 g, Sugar 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 4 g