Name: Flavorful Spanish Rice and Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 ¼ cups water; 1 cup uncooked white rice; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 sweet onion, chopped; 1 (1.41 ounce) package sazon seasoning; 1 ½ teaspoons adobo seasoning; ½ teaspoon minced garlic; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 (15 ounce) can red beans, drained; 1 (2.25 ounce) can pitted green olives

Very flavorful, quick, and simple rice and beans with a Mexican twist.

Flavorful Spanish Rice and Beans

water

white rice

olive oil

sweet onion, chopped

(1.41 ounce) package sazon seasoning

adobo seasoning

garlic

black pepper

(15 ounce) can red beans, drained

(2.25 ounce) can pitted green olives

Bring water, rice, and olive oil to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Mix in onion, sazon seasoning, adobo seasoning, garlic, and black pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add beans and olives and cook until liquid has been absorbed, about 10 minutes. Mix before serving.


I have a son who has to watch his salt intake and Adobo and Sazon store bought seasonings have alot of sodium in them. I read where alot of people said the salt taste was a bit much. I found recipes for homemade  versions of both and omitted the salt (geniuskitchen.com for the Adobo and fifteenspatulas.com for the Sazon) You can make your own and use less salt or omit it altogether and it still tastes great!

Made as written and this turned out pretty good. The sazon and adobo made it a little bit too salty so I recommend cutting back some. Loved the additional of the green olives (also salty) but if you are not a fan, black would work too.

I made this for lunch for my kids with a minor change. I  used 1 teaspoon of adobo instead of the full amount. I also did not add the optional green olives, I couldn't get them with my grocery order. I was nervous about the salty factor but it was not too salty for us.  It makes me wonder if some of that issue is coming from the briny-ness of the olives.

Very easy and a big hit! I skipped the olives bc I don't like olives.

I didn't give this 5 starts because as others have stated, it is too salty.  I used turmeric and my own recipe for adobo seasoning and it was delicious.  I added a can of rinsed and drained black beans and omitted the green olives.

A great way to change up your normal cooking patterns! This was fast and easy and flavorful just as the recipe says. I agree with one of the other reviews - the salt content could be reduced a bit. Also just a note - by the time I added the red beans there was no water left but I mixed in the beans and we ate it as-is. Thanks for a good quick weeknight recipe!

Flavorful Spanish Rice and Beans

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Alicia

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