Skillet Brown Rice and Beans

Here's a pretty tasty variation on rice and beans.  Brown rice, black beans, and corn concoction topped with a tomato and green onion salsa.

Dinner, deconstructed.

It does take a while, brown rice being brown rice and all.  I suppose you could make it with quick brown rice, if you really wanted to - or even frozen brown rice that comes in the steamer bag you put in the microwave.  The frozen brown rice is super easy and surprisingly tasty, but not nearly as cheap as plain brown rice.

Dinner, constructed.

Did you notice how healthy it was?  Brown rice, beans, vegetarian (or to be more precise, vegan) or at least it would have been if I hadn't used chicken broth.  I will definitely make this again, and possibly some of the variations: skillet brown rice with chickpeas and coconut milk, spanish-style skillet brown rice and chickpeas.  It's going to be hard to beat the black beans, though.

What: Skillet Brown Rice and Beans
Where: America's Test Kitchen Cooking for Two 2011
Results: Pretty good.  Will make again.  The salsa really improves the dish.