Kidney Bean Burrito Bowl

Name: Kidney Bean Burrito Bowl
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1/2 unit sweet potato; 2 handfuls lettuce; 1/2 unit onion; 1/2 unit green bell pepper; 1 unit carrot; 1 unit tomato; 1 small jar red kidney bean; 1 cup rice; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 pinches salt; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 1 unit avocado

ekilu Team

“This is a healthy and scrumptious bowl with a Mexican touch. You'll find it super satisfying and with a low-calorie bonus. Let's get to it!”

ingredients

Difficulty

Medium

Time

25'

Fresh ingredients

sweet potato

1/2 unit

lettuce

2 handfuls

onion

1/2 unit

green bell pepper

1/2 unit

carrot

1 unit

tomato

1 unit

avocado

1 unit

Pantry ingredients

red kidney bean

1 small jar

rice

1 cup

olive oil

4 tbsp

salt

2 pinches

balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp

Instructions

Peel and cut the sweet potato into small cubes (the smaller the cubes the faster they will cook). Place them in an oven safe dish with a little bit of oil and a pinch of salt on top. Insert the dish into the oven and bake for 20 minutes at 360°F. When you see that the sweet potato is golden brown, take it out and put it in a big bowl.

Meanwhile, in a pot, boil two cups of water with a pinch of salt. When it starts to boil, add in the cup of rice. Once the rice is cooked, place in the big bowl with the sweet potato.

In small cubes, cut 1/2 green bell pepper and 1/2 onion and add them to a pan with 2 tablespoons of oil. When the bell pepper and onion are a golden color, add in the kidney beans and let it cook for 3-4 minutes. Sprinkle on your desired amount of salt. Once cooked, add it to the big bowl with the rice and sweet potato.

Wash and finely cut the lettuce and tomato and set aside in a second bowl. Peel and then chop the carrot into small cubes and add them into the second bowl with the lettuce and tomato. Finely chop the remaining onion and bell pepper as well as the avocado and also add them into the second bowl.

Pour the oil, salt and either balsamic vinegar or balsamic vinegar from Modena on top of the ingredients in the second bowl. Once you have done so, add these ingredients into the big bowl, toss well, and you are ready to enjoy.

Tips & Tricks

Try adding yuca (cassava) to the same dish with your sweet potato. If you don't have either of these ingredients, you can use normal potatoes baked in the oven, or steamed.

In the pot for the rice, before adding anything, you can try frying up some garlic. When they are nice and golden brown you can add the rice to them and mix. After giving it a couple of stirs add the water with the salt to boil. Cooking it this way adds more flavor to the rice.

In step 3, try spicing up your veggies by adding cayenne to the onion and bell pepper when you begin to sauté.

Why don't you try adding a citrus touch to your bean and veggie sauté by adding a couple drops of orange juice? It'll give it a nice touch.