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Coconut Rice and Beans

September 3, 2009 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 19 Comments

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coconut rice and beans

I love experimenting with rice and beans. They don’t have to be boring, as their reputation generally suggests! These were excellent. The pineapple juice gave just enough sweetness to balance the coconut milk. We will certainly have this again!

I also cooked up some extra beans and I put them into the freezer so I can quickly incorporate them into a future meal!

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Coconut Rice and Beans

The pineapple juice gives just enough sweetness to balance the coconut milk!
Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Cook Time25 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 15 oz. can light coconut milk
  • 20 oz. can sliced pineapples in juices drain and save the juice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 cup uncooked white rice
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 15 oz. can pinto beans
  • 16 oz. bag baby carrots
  • slices pineapple, from the can side dish
  • 2 broccoli heads side dish
  • honey drizzled onto carrots

Instructions

  • In medium saucepan, bring coconut milk, pineapple juice and water to a rolling boil. Add 1 cup of rice and return to boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium low and cook for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and let stand for 5 more minutes (do not uncover!). Fluff with fork before adding the drained pinto beans.
  • Combine beans and rice in saucepan.
  • Steam carrots in steamer, or cook in 1/2 cup of water in small saucepan. Drizzle with honey to sweeten them up a smidge!
  • Steam broccoli in stovetop steamer or in microwavable bowl covered with plastic wrap.
  • Serve Coconut Rice and Beans with carrots and broccoli.

coconut rice and beans

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Filed Under: Beans Recipes, Budget Friendly Recipes, Dairy Free Meal Ideas, Gluten Free Recipes, Rice Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tagged With: broccoli, carrots

Comments

  1. Alta says

    September 4, 2009 at 7:01 am

    LOVE coconut milk. It turns ordinary “meh” meals into “wow”! When I’m making a steamed rice dish to go on the side, often I’ll make coconut rice. Even fancier if you toast a little shredded coconut to top the rice! This looks yummy.

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    • Nancy says

      September 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm

      Great idea! Thanks!

      Reply
  2. Hope :) says

    September 4, 2009 at 8:41 am

    This looks great. I’m always up for coconut rice! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Alyssa says

    September 4, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    I have a SILLY question — did you use instant white rice or regular white rice??? Can’t wait to try this recipe!

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    • Erin says

      September 4, 2009 at 12:26 pm

      I always use regular white rice. It’s MUCH cheaper!

      Reply
  4. Kitsel says

    September 5, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    This sounds very yummy! I’m hoping my kids like it, too, so I can add it to my list of “regulars” while cutting our food budget. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Fruitfulvine2 says

    September 5, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    We do a similar recipe without the pineapple and using blackeye peas. Tastes awesome. As a matter of fact everything tastes awesome to me with coconut milk. LOL!

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  6. Shelly says

    September 7, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    Would you be able to use Jasmine Rice with this? I am in love with Jasmine and won’t go back to regular white rice.

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    • Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom says

      September 7, 2009 at 4:31 pm

      Absolutely! Just follow the directions on the box…replacing the coconut milk for some of the liquid that’s indicated on the box.

      Reply
  7. Jenelle says

    September 9, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    I like your idea of also adding the pinapple juice. This will be on our menu next week. Thanks for another great idea!

    Jenelle

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  8. Sassy Stephanie says

    September 13, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Mmmm. Made this last night with some steamed dill green beans and steamed carrots. Everyone loved it.

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  9. danielle says

    July 14, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    I want to make this tonight but I only have canned beans. Have any suggestions on when I should add them to the rice? Can I throw everything in a slow cooker instead? Thanks!

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  10. Diane says

    March 16, 2012 at 1:20 pm

    Would this work with brown rice and a rice steamer?

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  11. C M says

    January 14, 2015 at 3:07 pm

    Warning: Don’t scale this recipe 4x unless you add a lot more rice for all the amount of liquid. I made that mistake last night. I also used my rice cooker to attempt to make the rice with all of the liquid. I ended up cooking the rice twice in order to use up all the liquid. That didn’t really work all that well. I ended up with a ton of rice paste. Stirring the beans into it is impossible. So don’t make my mistake.

    Now I just need to find a use for some really, really sticky rice paste. Any ideas? Would baking it work to make some sort of rice cake? I just don’t know.

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  12. Sarah says

    December 13, 2015 at 3:00 am

    This is great if you live in America but here in Australia things aren’t cheap like that 🙁

    Reply
  13. Andie says

    November 8, 2023 at 4:48 pm

    What do we do with the pineapple slices? Just serve it as a side?

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    • Andie says

      November 8, 2023 at 4:50 pm

      Ignore…after reading the recipe multiple times and finally posting the comment, I then went back and saw (side dish) next to the ingredient. ‍♀️

      Reply

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