Dinner

Italian Beans and Rice is for Dinner.

Italian Beans and Rice takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Italian Beans and Rice takes 20 minutes to cook.

Italian Beans and Rice makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Italian Beans and Rice are:

2 tsp olive oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 medium onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 dash hot pepper flakes, or to taste
1 15 ounce can chopped tomatoes (about a cup)
2 cans white beans (great northern or navy) (1 1/2 cups cooked beans)
1 tablespoon dry parsley
1 teaspoon basil (optional)
1 1/2 cups dry brown rice
salt to taste

Here is how you make Italian Beans and Rice:

Put your rice on to cook before you start this recipe.Begin by chopping your onion and celery. Heat the oil in a 2 quart pot. Add the garlic, onion, celery and hot pepper flakes. Saute? until the onion is tender and fragrant and the celery is bright green. Add the tomatoes and can or cooked beans. Stir it all up. Add the parsley and the basil if you are using it. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes. Serve over the brown rice. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and extra hot pepper flakes at the table.

The nutritional information for Italian Beans and Rice is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 325.2

• Total Fat: 3.7 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 141.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 64.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 12.8 g
• Protein: 12.5 g