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Gallo pinto

Rice and black beans fried together. Breakfast, most days.

Gallo pinto
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Costa Rican breakfast

20 minutes · serves 2 · Very easy

What you need

  • 1 tin black beans, with their liquid
  • 300g cooked rice, cold
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 red pepper, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • Coriander
  • Salsa Lizano or Worcestershire-style sauce

What you do

  1. 1Fry the onion and pepper until soft, then the garlic.
  2. 2Beans in with a good splash of their black liquid — that is what colours the rice.
  3. 3Rice in, broken up, tossed until every grain has gone grey-purple.
  4. 4Coriander and a shake of the sauce at the end.

Cuban-leaning

20 minutes · serves 2 · Very easy

What you need

  • 1 tin black beans
  • 300g cold rice
  • 1 onion
  • Cumin
  • Oregano
  • Lime

What you do

  1. 1Soften the onion, add cumin and oregano.
  2. 2Beans with their liquid, cooked down 5 minutes.
  3. 3Rice folded through, lime over it.