Our Feed a Family of Four for $10 recipe this week celebrates some terrific local Game Changer products! Try this recipe with your family and support some great brands at the same time! Hearty, flavorful beans and rice with a side of cornbread or biscuits!
Grocery List
Beer:
- Spaceway Brewing Agent Seven Cream Ale @ $2.99 ($11.99 4-pack)
TOTAL: (not including pantry items) = $2.99
Bulk:
-
Organic Bulk Pinto Beans @ $2.42 ($3.29 pound)
- Long Grain Organic Rice @$.80 ($1.99 pound)
Produce:
- Organic White Onions @$1.00 ($1.00 each)
- Organic Garlic $.22($1.05 bulb)
- Organic Cilantro Bunch @ $.83 ($2.49 bunch)
TOTAL: (not including pantry items) = $2.05
Packaged:
- King’s Pepper West African Spice Blend @ $1.20 ($7.19 ON SALE Reg. $8.99)
- Field Day Canned Tomatoes 28 oz. @ $1.24 ($2.49 each)
TOTAL: (not including pantry items) = $2.44
FINAL TOTAL FOR MEAL (not including pantry items): $10.70
Pantry Items (Not included in cost):
- Olive oil
- Kosher Salt
- Black Pepper
Ingredients:
- 3/4 lb. dry pinto beans, rinsed and soaked overnight
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 heaping tsp. King’s Pepper West African Spice Blend (your choice mild, original or extra hot)
- 1 1/2 c. diced tomatoes (canned or fresh)
- 2 c. Spaceway Brewing Agent Seven Cream Ale (or another beer of your choice)
- 4 c. water
- 1 tsp. Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, plus more for garnishing
- 3 c. Cooked rice
You can serve this alongside freshly baked cornbread or biscuits made with Mama Dip’s Mixes if you wish!
Instructions:
- Rinse off beans and drain them thoroughly. Set the beans aside.
- Add oil to a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. When shimmering, add the onions and garlic. Sauté until softened and translucent.
- Add the King’s Pepper seasoning and sauté for one minute longer.
- Add the beans, tomatoes, beer, water, and salt.
- Bring the beans to a simmer, then cover and reduce heat to low.
- Simmer beans for between 2 and 2 1/2 hours, until beans are tender.
- Remove from heat, stir in cilantro, and check for seasoning. Adjust seasoning as needed. If you want to thicken the potlicker (the liquid left behind after cooking the beans), mash about 1 cup of bean and stir it back into the pot.
- Ladle beans into a bowl and top with a scoop of rice.
- Top with a sprinkle of chopped cilantro.
Serve alongside cornbread or biscuits. Serves four.