Southern-Style Pinto Beans amongst Rice in addition to Fried Eggplant

Simmered inwards a rich, zesty too tangy spiced sun-dried love apple tree sauce seasoned amongst a lilliputian liquid hickory smoke, these pinto beans are hence hearty too packed amongst rich barbecue flavor that fifty-fifty your most barbecue-crazy carnivorous friends won't immature lady the meat on the grill amongst this dish. They won't fifty-fifty immature lady the grill at all, equally it's all done on the stove-top. They'll likely live amazed that it's non only vegetarian, but vegan too.

As if the beans aren't delicious plenty past times themselves, they're also topped amongst extraordinary eggplant slices tossed amongst a dry-rub spice too herb seasoning too fried inwards hot oil. Complete the sense past times serving the beans too eggplant on a bed of hot freshly cooked chocolate-brown rice for a thoroughly nourishing too tasty dinner that volition get got your solid unit of measurement too friends hollo for for seconds. I made upwards almost 1 1/2 cups dried rice that yielded almost iv cups cooked rice for the quantity of beans that this recipe gives.

This incredible beans too eggplant dish is adapted from a recipe inwards a mass that I late received called "The Southern Vegetarian" past times Justin Fox Burks too Amy Lawrence. Not simply a collection of meat-free adaptations of American Southern classics — a cuisine that most of us don't associate amongst vegetarian-friendly nutrient — Burks too Lawrence role Southern ingredients too techniques to come upwards up amongst dozens of genuinely unique too creative vegetarian recipes amongst a modern Southern flair. This is i of the most exciting cookbooks to cross my path for roughly fourth dimension now, too I'm looking frontwards to trying ideas similar strawberry-basil shortcake sliders, sugariness spud pancakes amongst peaches too pecans, greenish pea hummus, vegetarian gumbo, curried cauliflower soup, peach too tarragon pesto pizza, too plenty more. I'm getting hungry simply writing this!

(Note: I received a re-create of The Southern Vegetarian for review, but the opinions expressed higher upwards are exclusively my own.)

Now without farther ado, let's larn cooking.

Southern-Style Pinto Beans amongst Rice too Fried Eggplant

Recipe past times Lisa Turner Adapted from The Southern Vegetarian Cookbook Cuisine: American South Published on August 26, 2013 Hearty pinto beans simmered inwards a rich, tangy too spicy barbecue-style love apple tree sauce amongst hickory fume flavoring Print this recipe Beans: 1 1/2 cups dried pinto or romano beans 5 1/2 cups vegetable stock or H2O or to a greater extent than equally needed 2 bay leaves 1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar   1 loving cup sun-dried tomatoes 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil 1 onion, diced 2 celery stalks, diced 3 fresh hot peppers jalapeño, cayenne or serrano), seeded too finely chopped 1 tomato, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon soil cumin 2/3 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1/2 to 1 teaspoon liquid hickory smoke, to taste 1 1/2 teaspoons ocean salt, or to taste fresh soil dark pepper sliced greenish onion for garnish (optional) Eggplant: 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium eggplant, trimmed too cutting into 1-inch thick slices 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/4 teaspoon dried basil 2/3 teaspoon dried reddish chili flakes pinch of paprika pinch of cayenne 1/2 teaspoon ocean salt fresh soil dark pepper Instructions: Rinse the beans too soak for 8 hours or overnight inwards several inches of water. Drain too rinse, hence transfer to a large heavy-bottomed saucepan. Pour inwards the stock or H2O too add together the bay leaves too vinegars. Bring to a boil, cut rut to medium-low, cover, too simmer for 1 hr or until the beans are tender. Add to a greater extent than H2O equally needed — the beans should non live equally good dry. Meanwhile, soak the sun-dried tomatoes inwards hot H2O for xx to xxx minutes, hence drain too chop. Heat the butter or crude inwards a large skillet over medium heat. When hot, add together the onion too stir for v minutes or until softened too get-go to brown. Stir inwards the sun-dried tomatoes, celery, hot peppers, love apple tree too garlic, too proceed to gear upwards for roughly other v minutes or until the vegetables get got softened, stirring often. Now stir inwards the paprika, cumin, thyme, cayenne, mustard too liquid smoke, too to stir for 1 to a greater extent than minute. Pour the vegetable too spice mixture into the cooked beans. Simmer for 10 to xv minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Add to a greater extent than H2O equally needed. You don't wish a soupy consistency, but at that spot should live plenty liquid to serve equally a sauce. Season amongst ocean common salt too dark pepper to taste. To brand the eggplant, combine 2 tablespoons of crude amongst thyme, basil, reddish pepper flakes, paprika, cayenne, common salt too dark pepper inwards a large bowl or plastic bag. Toss the eggplant slices amongst the seasoning to coat evenly. After removing the eggplant slices, role your fingers to gently rub inwards the seasonings. Heat roughly other 2 tablespoons of crude over high heat. When the crude starts to smoke, add together the seasoned eggplant slices too gear upwards until charred on each side — almost 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove from the pan, drain on kitchen towels, too repeat amongst the balance of the eggplant. Add to a greater extent than crude to the pan equally necessary. (Note: The hot crude volition splutter too popular out of the pan when the eggplant is added, hence get got care). To serve, spoon roughly rice onto a serving plate, transcend amongst a generous percentage of beans too finally lay a piece or 2 of the eggplant over top. Garnish amongst greenish onion slices if desired. Makes 6 servings

More pinto beans recipes y'all are certain to relish from :
Refried Beans amongst Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Pinto Bean too Avocado Burritos
Corn too Pinto Bean Dip
Pinto Bean too Zucchini Hummus

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