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Description:
Time: 1 hr 48 min (15 min to prepare, 1 hr 33 min to cook)
Meal type: Dinner
Ethnicity: American
Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons oil
1 each medium onion, chopped
1 each red bell pepper, chopped
1 each green bell pepper, chopped
2 each large cloves garlic, minced
2 cups water
1 each (14.5 oz.) can stewed tomatoes with liquid, cut up
1 each (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
0.5 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
0.25 teaspoon cayenne pepper (ground red pepper)
0.125 teaspoon fennel seed, crushed
0.5 cups uncooked rice
2 each to 3 (15.5 oz.) cans of various beans of your choice, drained and rinsed, ie: garbanzos, black beans, kidney beans
Directions:
1. Heat oil in large skillet or pot w/ lid over medium-high heat.
Add veggies and garlic, cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes, or until crisp tender.

2. Stir in water, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and spices.
Bring to boil; add rice. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer (about 45-50 minutes for brown rice, about 25-35 minutes for white rice) until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
Stir occasionally during cooking time.

3. Gently stir in beans.
Simmer another 5 minutes or so, until thoroughly heated.

This makes a good quantity for a large family.
The results are pretty moist.
If you prefer it drier, you may want to add more rice or less liquid.
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