Description
This healthy, easy, delicious, gluten-free Black Beans and Rice Vegan Bowl is packed with colorful, healthy ingredients, including turmeric rice, black beans, avocados, peppers, and pomegranate seeds.
Ingredients
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Turmeric Rice:
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup brown basmati rice, uncooked
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons turmeric
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups water
- 1 cube vegetable bouillon
- Sea salt (optional, as desired)
- ½ lemon, juiced
Toppings:
- 1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed, drained
- 1 medium bell pepper, sliced
- 1 cup fresh pomegranate arils (or seeds)
- 1 large avocado, peeled, sliced
- 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 lemons, sliced in half
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse sea salt (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- To make Turmeric Rice: Heat olive oil in a medium pot. Add basmati rice, ginger, garlic, turmeric, and black pepper and sauté for 2 minutes. Add water and vegetable bouillon, stir well, cover, and cook over medium heat—stirring occasionally to prevent from sticking—for about 40 minutes, until just tender, but not mushy. Stir in lemon juice and season with sea salt (as desired). Stir well and heat for an additional 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- To Prepare Bowls: While rice is cooking, prepare all toppings. Divide cooked turmeric rice among 4 bowls (about 3/4 cup per bowl). Divide the toppings among the 4 bowls and arrange on top of the rice: black beans (about 1/2 cup), bell pepper (1/4), pomegranate arils (1/4 cup), avocado slices (1/4), and cilantro (1/4 cup). Over each bowl, squirt the juice from one lemon half, drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil, and sprinkle with a pinch of coarse sea salt (optional) and a pinch of freshly ground black pepper.
- Serve immediately, or store in airtight containers in the refrigerator until serving time.
- Makes 4 servings.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 42 minutes
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 451
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 19 mg
- Fat: 11 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 78 g
- Fiber: 15 g
- Protein: 15 g