Caribbean Black Beans With Mango Salsa Over Brown Rice

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil (optional)
• 1 large onion, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled, grated (or chopped)
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 3 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup orange juice
• pepper, to taste
• 2 medium ripe mangoes, peeled, and chopped
• 1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and diced
• 1 ripe tomato, chopped (1 cup)
• 1 lime, juice and zest of
• 1/2-1 small fresh minced jalapeno pepper, to taste (or hot sauce)
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (or more)
• cooked brown rice

Recipe

• 1 in a non-stick saucepan, stir-fry onions and garlic in a small amount of oil (or use water or other liquid) for 5 minutes until onions begin to soften.
• 2 add ginger, thyme, and allspice; stir-fry 5 minutes more until onions are very soft.
• 3 you can add fresh or frozen corn, water chestnuts, carrots, chopped red, yellow, or green peppers, cilantro.
• 4 stir in black beans and orange juice. cook over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens slightly.
• 5 mash a few beans with a spoon for thicker consistency.
• 6 add pepper, and serve over brown rice topped with mango salsa and it's really good with crisped whole-grain corn tortillas.