Frijoles Fresca Bowls

🥘 Ingredients

• black beans
  1 unit
• black pepper
  1 tsp
• butter
  4 tbsp
• cooking oil
  2 tsp
• green salsa
  1 unit
• jasmine rice
  1 c
• long green pepper
  1 unit
• olive oil
  4 tbsp
• pepper jack cheese
  1 c
• salt
  1 tsp
• scallions
  1 unit
• sour cream
  2 tbsp
• southwest spice blend
  1 tbsp
• sugar
  2 tsp
• tomato
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• small pot
• small bowl
• small bowl
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens. Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and cook until softened, ⏱️ 1 minute . Stir in jasmine rice and 1¼ cups water (2¼ cups for 4 servings). Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, ⏱️ 15 minutes to ⏱️ 18 minutes . Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.

   scallions: 1 unit, cooking oil: 2 tsp, jasmine rice: 1 c
2. 

   2

   While rice cooks, finely dice tomato . Core, deseed, and dice long green pepper into ½-inch pieces. Drain and rinse black beans . In a small bowl , combine tomato, half the scallion greens, and a large drizzle of olive oil . Season generously with salt and black pepper .

   tomato: 1 unit, long green pepper: 1 unit, black beans: 1 unit, olive oil: 2 tbsp, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp
3. 

   3

   In a second small bowl , combine sour cream with ½ tsp southwest spice blend (1 tsp for 4 servings). (You’ll use the remaining Southwest Spice later.) Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.

   sour cream: 2 tbsp, southwest spice blend: 1 tbsp
4. 

   4

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add poblano and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and lightly browned, ⏱️ 4 minutes to ⏱️ 5 minutes . Season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium.

   olive oil: 2 tbsp
5. 

   5

   Stir beans, remaining Southwest Spice, and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) into pan with poblano. Cook, stirring, until mixture is fragrant and butter has melted, ⏱️ 1 minutes to ⏱️ 2 minutes . Stir in green salsa and ½ tsp sugar (1 tsp for 4). Cook, stirring occasionally, until beans are softened, ⏱️ 1 minutes to ⏱️ 3 minutes . Season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat.

   butter: 4 tbsp, green salsa: 1 unit, sugar: 2 tsp
6. 

   6

   Fluff rice with a fork; stir in 1 TBSP butter until melted. Divide rice between bowls and top with bean mixture, pepper jack cheese , salsa fresca, and crema. Garnish with remaining scallion greens and serve.

   pepper jack cheese: 1 c