{"id":862,"date":"2013-03-13T22:38:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T02:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=862"},"modified":"2013-03-14T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T13:40:32","slug":"fast-mashed-canned-black-bean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":"Fast Mashed Canned Black Bean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m not dead. \u00c2\u00a0Just warped-up in work and studies. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m in progress on a post on some great Mexican cooking I&#8217;ve been able to\u00c2\u00a0squeeze in. \u00c2\u00a0Those meals have all included this been recipe from Truly Mexican\u00c2\u00a0<a title=\"Truly Mexican: Essential Recipes and Techniques for Authentic Mexican Cooking\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=809\">a cook book I wrote-up a while back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This black bean recipe is great pair for a taco night or just eating over rice. \u00c2\u00a0The mashing and added liquid means the beans are sitting in a tasty bean sauce. \u00c2\u00a0In fact, I&#8217;ve had this little dish over rice for dinner countless times in the last few months. \u00c2\u00a0(Aside: I love my rice cooker.) \u00c2\u00a0Reheated, the beans and rice make a great lunch. \u00c2\u00a0The recipe is easy to double or triple and it&#8217;s great to have some in the fridge for a near instant meal or side.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">1 (15-oz.) can black beans, including liquid<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon onion powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon Chipotel Chile Powder (or sub in a couple drops of very hot hot sauce)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon dried oregano, preferably Mexican<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Directions:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Put all the ingredients in a small saucepan and bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat. \u00c2\u00a0Simmer the beans vigorously, mashing them slightly with potato masher or fork. \u00c2\u00a0Season to taste with slat.<\/p>\n<p>BOOM! \u00c2\u00a0 In under 10 minutes you&#8217;ve got yourself some awesome beans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m not dead. \u00c2\u00a0Just warped-up in work and studies. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m in progress on a post on some great Mexican cooking I&#8217;ve been able to\u00c2\u00a0squeeze in. \u00c2\u00a0Those meals have all included this been recipe from Truly Mexican\u00c2\u00a0a cook book I wrote-up a while back. This black bean recipe is great pair for a taco night [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[160,13,17],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-beans","tag-easy","tag-mexican"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}