Vegetarian Recipe – Discover How To prepare This Hearty Cajun Red Beans and Rice Dish
Ebony Johnson
You can never have too many vegetarian bean recipes. Beans are a great source of protein for vegetarians and vegans and can be prepared in a variety of ways. Try this simple one-pot Vegetarian Cajun Red Beans and Rice Recipe tonight for dinner.
As a vegetarian, foods that you need to eat to ensure you have a healthy and balanced vegetarian diet, may become boring and bland if you do not know what to do with them. Take beans as an example. Beans are a good source of protein and are a low fat food, but if you do not have very good recipes to spruce up your bean recipes, you may stop eating them all together. Also, beans require a certain level of seasoning in order to make them enjoyable to eat. I mean, who wants to eat bland food? I sure don’t. I had to learn how to cook a lot of foods without the seasoning and flavors of meat and meat by-products. Here is a meat-free and basic Cajun Red Beans and Rice vegetarian recipe that is packed with flavor. All you need are a handful of ingredients as well as a big pot or crock-pot and you will have a hearty vegetarian meal that you’ll certainly love.
Meat-Free Cajun Red Beans and Rice Recipe
Ingredients:
·2 quarts of water
·1 large chopped onion
·6 mashed garlic cloves
·4-5 vegetable bouillon cubes (this all depends on your sensitivity to salt and taste preference)
·1 tablespoon of Tamari (optional)
·1 tablespoon of Liquid Smoke
·3 tablespoons of chili powder
·1 tablespoon of ground cumin
·1 tablespoon of ground coriander
·½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper
·2 cups of TVP
·1 cup of brown rice
·2 cups of dried red beans, rinsed
Directions:
1. Turn crock pot on and set to “low.” Add the water, chopped onion, garlic cloves, bouillon cubes, tamari, liquid smoke, chili powder, cumin, coriander, and cayenne pepper. Stir until the bouillon cubes are dissolved.
2. Next, add the TVP, brown rice, and dried beans, stir and cook on “low” for 6 ½ hours.
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