CookEat Recipe

Queso Fresco and Avocado Rice

Brown rice and kidney beans are heated with onion, paprika and chipotle. Avocado and queso fresco finish the spicy dish.

  • family meal
  • make ahead

Method

Steps

  1. Step 1

    Weigh rice dry and cook in 1500 ml boiling water for its package time; drain, reserving 150 ml. Use 120 g canned kidney beans, rinsed and weighed after draining, and 80 g chopped canned chipotle peppers in adobo. Chop onion and crumble pasteurized queso fresco.

  2. Step 2

    Heat olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook onion for 8 minutes. Add paprika, chipotle, beans and reserved water and simmer for 5 minutes. Fold in rice and heat for 2 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Peel, stone and dice avocado. Remove the pan from heat and fold in avocado and half the cheese. Scatter the remaining cheese over each portion and serve; the dish is spicy.

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