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Speedy Black Bean Rice Bowl

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Speedy Black Bean Rice Bowl

By @chef1

A quick and easy one-pot rice bowl featuring black beans, cucumber, coleslaw, and avocado, ready in under 8 minutes.

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Ingredients

  • ●1 cup cooked rice
  • ●120g drained weight Canned black beans, rinsed and drained
  • ●1/4 cup English cucumber
  • ●25g Cabbage, raw, shredded
  • ●1/4 avocado
  • ●1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • ●7g Mozzarella cheese (optional)

Instructions

  1. 1
    Place the cooked rice in a bowl.
  2. 2
    Spoon the rinsed and drained black beans over the rice.
  3. 3
    Add the diced cucumber and shredded cabbage on top of the beans.
  4. 4
    Arrange the avocado slices on top.
  5. 5
    Drizzle with soy sauce and sprinkle with shredded mozzarella (if using).
  6. 6
    Enjoy!

Recipe details

Category
Main course
Preparation
8 minutes
Cooking
0 minutes

Estimated total: 15 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • simple prep: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • cooked rice: USDA cup portion weight
  • Using generic white, long-grain, enriched, cooked rice.
  • Canned black beans, rinsed and drained: USDA SR Legacy canned pinto beans, drained solids (174286), used as a disclosed comparable drained-legume nutrient approximation for black beans, not undrained canned-bean analysis. Black/pinto variety, brand and moisture vary. No rinsing-loss factor is invented; sodium uses the drained reference before any additional rinsing loss. Separate USDA cooked-black-bean cup weight used below, not a can-to-drained yield. (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/174286/nutrients)
  • Drained black beans: USDA cooked-black-bean 175 g/cup weight, with separately disclosed USDA canned drained-pinto nutrient approximation; no can yield or rinsing retention percentage.
  • English cucumber: USDA cup slices portion weight
  • Using generic cucumber with peel, sliced, as a close approximation for English cucumber.
  • Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
  • avocado: USDA fruit, without skin and seed portion weight
  • Using raw California avocado, fruit without skin and seed, as a generic approximation for 1/4 avocado.
  • soy sauce: USDA tsp portion weight
  • Using generic soy sauce made from soy and wheat (shoyu).
  • Excludes optional Mozzarella cheese (optional)
  • Canned black beans, rinsed and drained: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"black beans","amount":"1/2 can"}. Authored: {"item":"Canned black beans, rinsed and drained","amount":"120g drained weight"}.
  • Cabbage, raw, shredded: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"coleslaw mix","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Cabbage, raw, shredded","amount":"25g"}.
  • Mozzarella cheese (optional): Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"mozzarella cheese stick, shredded","amount":"a sprinkle"}. Authored: {"item":"Mozzarella cheese (optional)","amount":"7g"}.
  • Canned black beans, rinsed and drained: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"black beans","amount":"1/2 can"}. Authored: {"item":"Canned black beans, rinsed and drained","amount":"120g drained weight"}.
  • Cabbage, raw, shredded: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"coleslaw mix","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Cabbage, raw, shredded","amount":"25g"}.
  • Mozzarella cheese (optional): Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"mozzarella cheese stick, shredded","amount":"a sprinkle"}. Authored: {"item":"Mozzarella cheese (optional)","amount":"7g"}.

rice bowl · black beans · cucumber · avocado

Estimated nutrition per serving

412 calories · 14.2 g protein · 74.4 g carbohydrate · 6.8 g fat · 10.3 g fiber · 587 mg sodium

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional Mozzarella cheese (optional) Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

Friday
afternoon snack
winter
Requested: 8 min
1 person
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