Comments on: Instant Pot Brown Rice and Black Bean Salad

By: Melsel

Melsel — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:28:46 +0000

In reply to Barbara Schieving. My store has it near the sugar and baking isle.

By: Barbara Schieving

Barbara Schieving — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:30:55 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. Hi Elizabeth - at my grocery store they have it next to the honey. Enjoy!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 16:04:04 +0000

Hello, What section in the grocery store do you find the Agave nectar? Would love to try this recipe. 🙂
Thank you!

By: Barbara Schieving

Barbara Schieving — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:04:51 +0000

In reply to Shery Sullivan. Thanks Sherry. We are very lucky. Enjoy the recipe!

By: Shery Sullivan

Shery Sullivan — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 13:38:07 +0000

This dish sounds so good. I can’t wait to try it. I love that you and your daughter get to do this together. How fun. And I especially love that you answer each question right away. Very helpful.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 21:56:25 +0000

In reply to Barbara Schieving. Thanks...

By: Barbara Schieving

Barbara Schieving — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:51:15 +0000

In reply to Bob. Hi Rob - the electric pressure cooker doesn't start counting down the time until the cooker is at pressure. So the time is the same as yours on the stove, it starts when the whistle starts to blow. Enjoy!

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:48:04 +0000

I use a older pressure cooker and I have a question about cooking times. When you “High Pressure and 24 minutes cook time” does that mean 24 minutes from the time I put the lid on and turn on the heat or is it 24 minutes after the whistle starts blowing? Thanks

By: Barbara Schieving

Barbara Schieving — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:13:42 +0000

In reply to Jane on Whidbey.

Hi Jane – beans often require additional cooking or soaking time to get tender depending on the quality of the beans, and rice isn’t very forgiving to additional cooking time. Also, I’d be afraid that the rice would be an unappetizing color from cooking them together but you could certainly try it.

By: Jane on Whidbey

Jane on Whidbey — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:24:09 +0000

Sorry, I hadn’t seen comments below mine previously. I read them, and see that others are cooking their beans, too.
In reference to your comment on May 15th, I have a question: Do you really have to cook the beans and rice separately? I read the article, but it doesn’t explain why, as I read it. Don’t they take about the same time?
I’ve often wondered if rice and beans were cooked together, because the rice, even with the beans removed and not eaten, used to make me ill. After two or three times, I just believed that they had been cooked together, in a single pot, over a single fire, but I really don’t know. Obviously, I only ate take-out and didn’t cook it myself, and they probably weren’t made traditionally.
Nonetheless, I gave up eating them, together or separated, for over 10 years. Funny how assumptions are formed.