Sleepwalk Southwest Bean & Rice Salad. Oil-free.

Oil-free Southwest Rice & Bean Salad by An Unrefined Vegan

My kitchen mojo has been a little spotty lately so my weekly menus have been stacked with meals I can prepare without needing much time or brain power.  Right now I need to be able to sleepwalk through dinner prep.

But even a detailed shopping list isn’t a guarantee that dinner will turn out as planned.  About an hour before this salad was due to hit the table, I realized that I’d somehow made it home from the grocery store without buying all of the necessary ingredients – despite the fact that they had been written (somewhat illegibly, it’s true) right there on the list.  So, using the base ingredients that I had on hand, I completely switched around the flavors of the original recipe  and traveled from Southeast Asia to South of the Border.

Oil-free Southwest Rice & Bean Salad by An Unrefined Vegan

Oil-free Southwest Rice & Bean Salad by An Unrefined Vegan

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Oil-free Southwest Bean & Rice Salad

  • Author: Annie
  • Total Time: 20

Description

For those days or nights when your cooking mojo is off.


Ingredients

Scale

Salad

  • 2 14-ounce cans red or pinto beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 medium bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 1/2 cup red onion, chopped
  • 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1 cup cooked and cooled brown rice
  • 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped

Dressing

  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
  • 1/4 cup red wine or apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
  • 1 Tbsp. Bragg Liquid Aminos
  • 1 Tbsp. nutritional yeast
  • 1/4 tsp. chipotle in adobo sauce
  • dash Chipotle Tabasco
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Combine the dressing ingredients in a big bowl and whisk to combine. Add all of the remaining ingredients and stir gently to combine. Let sit for a while so that the flavors can get acquainted.
  2. I like to serve this over a bed of crunchy chopped romaine lettuce.

Notes

  • Suggested toppings: avocado/guacamole, chopped black olives, Chipotle Tabasco, strips of baked corn tortillas
  • To lessen the “bite” of the red onion, soak in cool water for about 10 minutes, drain and add to the salad.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4
  • Calories: 279
  • Sugar: 7
  • Sodium: 413
  • Fat: 2
  • Saturated Fat: 0
  • Unsaturated Fat: 1
  • Trans Fat: 0
  • Carbohydrates: 51
  • Protein: 13
  • Cholesterol: 0

 

Oil-free Southwest Rice & Bean Salad by An Unrefined Vegan

43 thoughts on “Sleepwalk Southwest Bean & Rice Salad. Oil-free.

  1. thewholebeet

    You just reminded my that I have fresh black eyed peas ready to go – and I have all these ingredients….I am headed to the kitchen now! Yummy .. thanks

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      1. thewholebeet

        I get them from a local farmer…actually now that I look they are called southern peas…are those the same as black-eyed peas? they look the same – maybe same family?

  2. Somer

    Don’t worry, I leave the grocery store without ingredients I need that were on my list ALL the time. Super frustrating. Sometimes I even check the receipt to make sure I didn’t pay for items that didn’t make it home. Argh! Looks like you made something beautiful anyway! That oil free dressing looks super tasty too! I love that in our posts today we both have the same tomatoes in our salads 😉
    p.s. your “sleepwalk” food is way better than most people’s “wide awake” food!

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  3. iatelunch

    I do the same thing. I was making curry the other day, and it’s supposed to have chickpeas in it. And then I opened a can of kidney beans and dumped it in the curry on accident. Yup. Still tasted good!
    The salad looks great!

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  4. keepinitkind

    Does anything beat the classic combo of beans and rice? If it makes you feel better, I think the southwest flavors that you have here are much more appetizing (to me, at least) than the Asian one you had planned. 😉

    I love that little dish too! It’s so cute!

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  5. tearoomdelights

    I like the idea of the flavors ‘getting acquainted’. I don’t know why, but we call them black-eyed beans, rather than peas. Either way, I really like them and your salad looks very filling and satisfying. I love those little cherry tomatoes too.

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  6. Gabby @ the veggie nook

    Even though it wasn’t what you planned, it still looks fabulous!

    I’m so with you on that- my inspiration has been very hit or miss lately and if something takes more than 20 minutes to make, I’m definitely going to skip it and throw together a salad lol. I love this recipe because it looks so quick, yet delicious!

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  7. thecrueltyfreereview

    What ingredients did the origianl recipe call for? Because if this your ‘accident’ recipe, I can only imagine how good the real recipe would have been! Does it hold well in the fridge? I like being able to make a big batch of something so I have an easy lunch to take to work.

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  8. Susmitha - Veganosaurus

    Looks beautiful!! Black eyed peas are one of my favorite beans. We make a Sambar (South Indian stew) with it which we serve over hot rice. But your salad sounds extremely appealing for the high temperatures we’re experiencing right now.

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  9. Shira

    Looks super yummy Ann, I never cook with black eyed peas (I know right?) Weird! I love good clean bean salads like this! 😉

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