Mexican risotto

So I came home and felt a bit in need of chilli and garlic in order to improve my sore throat. 

Pressed for time and lacking in enthusiasm, I peered into the food cupboards. 

I decided to try something a bit odd. 

We had rice, we had beans, we had a few other things. So I thought I’d give it a go. Substitutions will work. I used what we had. 

And so Mexican risotto was born. 

Ingredients

Sunflower oil 

Two chopped shallots

Three cloves of crushed garlic

A dried chilli

Half a diced red pepper

A tin of black beans

A small tin of sweet corn

Half a tin of tomatoes

A mug of rice

Half a packet of burrito mix

Serve with grated cheese

What I did

So I heated the oil and fried the onion. Then I added the rice and stirred for a bit. 

I added one mug of water and the burrito mix. 

I added the garlic and chilli. 

After a bit when it was getting angry I added another mug of water. 

I then added each of the other ingredients. Starting with tomatoes. Then each of the others in no particular order. 

Stirred it from time to time. 

That was it. 

Served with grated cheese. It was lovely.