Rice and Beans
Here you will find recipes using rice and beans for side dishes, main dishes, salads and more. This recipe collection will continue to grow as I discover more delicious recipes that are made using rice and beans. This page includes
recipes for beans from the legume family as well as the vegetable family in case you are searching for either of these bean types. Beans are often used in recipes for soup, salads, casseroles, appetizers, side dishes and more. Beans are high in fiber, protein, complex carbohydrates, folate and iron and can often be used in place of meat.
Rice is a wonderfully versatile grain, enjoyed by cultures all over the world. Many types of rice can be used with food preparation, such as brown, wild, basmati and jasmin to name a few. Like beans, rice can be used in recipes for soup, salads, casseroles, appetizers, side dishes, as well as desserts, or as a side dish for most any main course. It can also be used as a base for a variety of stir-fry dishes or other dishes. You can find other recipes containing beans and rice throughout LoveThatFood simply by clicking on the various recipe categories.
Rice is a wonderfully versatile grain, enjoyed by cultures all over the world. Many types of rice can be used with food preparation, such as brown, wild, basmati and jasmin to name a few. Like beans, rice can be used in recipes for soup, salads, casseroles, appetizers, side dishes, as well as desserts, or as a side dish for most any main course. It can also be used as a base for a variety of stir-fry dishes or other dishes. You can find other recipes containing beans and rice throughout LoveThatFood simply by clicking on the various recipe categories.
Rice and Beans Recipes ▼
This Barbecue Baked Beans recipe is a very easy side dish to make and goes wonderfully with any lunch or dinner barbecue dish or other meat dishes, including chicken, beef and pork. These beans are easy to pack up and take on a BBQ, picnic, party or any other event, and if you own a slow cooker or crock pot, can be kept warm for hours. Large bits of cooked bacon or chunks of ham can also be added to these beans if preferred.
Beanie Weenie (also often referred to as Beanie Weenies or Beans and Franks) is one of those quick and easy recipes you can fall back on on when you don't have a lot of time or energy to prepare dinner, but you want something tasty that your kids and you will enjoy. This simple skillet dish also provides great leftovers that heat up in minutes. All you need is some ground beef, any style of weenies and a can of baked beans!
Black Bean and Corn Salsa is a vibrant and healthy salsa recipe that tastes delicious with tortilla chips, crostini or other crunchy dipping snacks. While most salsa recipes contain tomatoes and/or tomato sauce, onion and cilantro, this festive salsa recipe combines black beans, kernel corn, tomatoes, red bell pepper, diced green chiles and fresh chopped cilantro, giving it unique and delightful flavor and texture, not to mention vibrant color!
Chicken and Rice Salad with Red Pepper Vinaigrette (also sometimes referred to as Wild Rice Salad) is light, tangy and refreshing, made with a Red Pepper Vinaigrette dressing. This salad features chunks of chicken breast, a mixed rice blend, sliced celery, sliced ripe olives, sliced green onions and diced pimientos and is is delicious served on its own or over large lettuce leaves, garnished with ripe olives, tomato slices and slivered almonds.
This Four Bean Salad recipe has a sweet and tangy flavor, and is a perfect salad to serve at picnics and BBQ's (can last all day with no refrigeration), or as a side dish to any main course anytime. Sliced green and wax beans, kidney beans and garbanzo beans (chick peas) along with slivered green bell pepper and green onion (optional, but delicious!), are tossed with a dressing made with a combination of oil, vinegar, sugar and salt.
Orzo, Feta and Bean Salad features an unexpected marriage of ingredients that makes a fabulous salad with vibrant flavor. This salad is made with orzo (rice-shaped pasta) that is tossed with green beans (blanced to a tender crisp), tomatoes, garlic, onions and crumbled feta cheese. These ingredients are then tossed with the perfect tangy oil and vinegar dressing, giving this salad its tangy and fabulous flavor!
