Kidney Bean Rice
From: Hope, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Comments: After a creamy butternut squash soup, serve this kidney bean rice along with a coconut milk fish curry, before a frozen lime pie.
Preparation time : 15 minutes
Cooking time : 25 minutes
Servings: 6
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] vegetable oil
  • 4 green onions, sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 1/4 cups [560 mL] chicken broth
  • 1 cup [250 mL] coconut milk
  • Pinch Cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon [2.5 mL] thyme
  • 1/4 teaspoon [1 mL] salt
  • 8 whole corns allspice
  • 1 1/2 cups [625 mL] rice
  • 1 cup [250 mL] canned kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  • Over medium heat, heat vegetable oil into a casserole.
  • Add green onion slices and chopped garlic; cook, stirring from time to time, for 1 minute.
  • Pour in chicken broth and coconut milk; sprinkle mixture with Cayenne pepper, thyme and salt, then add allspice corns and mix.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Mix in rice.
  • Bring back to a boil.
  • Cover and simmer, over medium-low heat, for 15 minutes.
  • Mix in drained kidney beans.
  • Cook for 10 minutes longer, until liquid has been absorbed and rice is tender.
  • Remove and throw away allspice corns.
  • Serve immediately.