Saturday, February 15, 2025

Pantry cooking: kielbasa beans and rice

 I’m trying not to spend money right now and use up some of my older canned goods while I’m at it. I made this dish last night and am eating leftovers for lunch and I thought I’d share it. 

I had half a can of black beans I needed to use up so this is what I came up with.



I was using up some wild rice (2 servings worth, about half a cup.) It took almost an hour to cook so I started it first while preparing the rest of the ingredients. I cooked it in some homemade stock.

Next I started the kielbasa in a separate pan. I used about a tablespoon of olive oil and maybe a third of a link of turkey kielbasa which I cut in small pieces. While that cooked, I cut up half an onion, added it to the pan. Then I added a few cut up pieces of red sweet pepper and a few diced grape tomatoes. I cooked the vegetables until soft then added the rice and stock to my meat pan. I put the lid on it, cooked everything for maybe half an hour and walked away. I just cooked it until the rice was done then added my black beans. I also added a can of drained diced potatoes. I added salt, paprika, turmeric and cumin. Then cooked for about 5 minutes. 

And done! Easy meal I could probably have cooked in about 20 minutes if I had used a quicker rice. 

Have a good weekend and thanks for reading. 

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