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Burundian Rice and Beans

Name: Burundian Rice and Beans
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Burundi
Ingredients: 300g Rice; 400g Kidney Beans (canned); 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 2 cloves Garlic; 3 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; 200ml Water

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

White rice topped with beans stewed in tomato — Burundi's standard lunch.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In Burundi, rice and beans is the standard lunch at schools, homes, and eateries. Beans are stewed with onion and tomato and poured over cooked rice. Rice is also grown on the Imbo plains in the north, making it as familiar as beans.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Bujumbura eatery, red bean stew is poured over white rice and set on the table with a little jar of pili-pili.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 300g
Kidney Beans (canned) 400g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Vegetable Oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 200ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cook the rice.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion until soft.
Add the garlic and chopped tomato and sauté 5 minutes, mashing.
Add the beans, water, and salt and simmer 15 minutes until thick.
Spoon the rice onto plates and pour the beans over.

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