Black Beans and Rice Pilaf with Salmon

We've had some canned salmon sitting in the cupboard for a while.

I decided to do something with it tonight.  So I though about it.  What to do with canned salmon?  Canned salmon isn't really all that good.  Hmm, rice and beans are good.  Black beans and rice pilaf with canned salmon on top.  Sounds good.


So I made the pilaf with rice, black beans, onion, a bit of elephant garlic, mushrooms, yellow squash, and bell pepper.  First I sauteed the onion and garlic in oil until translucent.

Then I added the mushrooms, squash, and bell pepper.

Sauteed that until the veg was soft then added the black beans and the three cups of rice.

Sauteed that for a bit to coat the grains of rice with oil, then added six cups of chicken stock, salt, and pepper.

Brought it to a boil, covered it and let it simmer for 20 minutes.

The finished pilaf.

The finished product.

It was good.  Would have been better with fresh salmon of course.  Still, it was quite good for just basically coming up with this on the fly.


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