Mexican beans and rice recipe | Easy recipe

beans

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: split peas

Lentils provide similar protein and fiber, while split peas are often more affordable.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil offers healthier fats, while sunflower oil is budget-friendly.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: green chili

Jalapeños provide heat with less intensity, while green chili is more economical.

seasoning cube

🥗Healthier: homemade spice blend

💰Cheaper: salt

A homemade blend can be healthier and cheaper than store-bought cubes.

Pour in 2 cups of white rice into the Instant Pot.

Add 1/3 of an onion, 2 garlic cloves, and 1 diced tomato to the rice.

Break up 3 tomato bouillon cubes in your hands and mix them in with the rice and vegetables.

Pour in 2.5 cups of water and give it a stir.

Cover the Instant Pot and turn it on to cook the rice.

For the beans, soak pinto beans overnight until swollen.

Rinse the soaked beans and throw them in the slow cooker.

Add 1/2 pound of chopped bacon, 1 whole onion, and 3 garlic cloves to the slow cooker.

Add 3 chicken bouillon cubes to the beans.

Pour in water until it covers the top of the beans.

Cover the slow cooker and set it on high for 6 hours.

Once the beans are done, remove some of the broth based on desired thickness.

Use a potato masher to mash the beans until well combined.

Add cheese on top of the mashed beans and set aside to cool.

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