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[Dani]

hey great show. anyway I can get hold of the recipie for cargo bay rice and beans?
I thought it was going to be in the show notes, but i couldnt find it. (I want it for dinner tonight)
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[gobluegirl]

Dani,

Sorry for the oversight there. Here is the recipe for Cargo Bay Rice and Beans. I hope you will still have time to make it tonight!

Cargo Bay Rice and Beans – serves 4 to 6. For the crew of Serenity, make a double batch.

Notes: If you can’t find sweetened coconut milk, you can use regular coconut milk with a tablespoon of brown sugar added. Or, you can mix ½ cup of sweetened condensed milk with ½ teaspoon of coconut extract. If you don't like things very spicy, start with 1 Tablespoon of curry powder. You can always add more later if you need to.

Equipment
Large saucepan with lid
Spoon
Wet and dry measuring cups

Ingredients:
1 cup dried, split lentils, any color
1 cup instant brown rice
16 oz can black beans
3 cups chicken stock
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup sweetened coconut milk (like Coco Casa or Coco Lopez)
1-4 Tablespoons curry powder, or to taste
salt and pepper to taste

Put rice and lentils in a pot with a tight-fitting lid. Add coconut milk to rice and lentils. Add the black beans, including the liquid in the can. Add 2 cups of the stock to the pot. Add curry powder, salt and pepper. Heat to boiling, uncovered, sirring often. Once the mixture reaches a boil, cover, and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add a little bit more chicken stock if mixture starts to get too dry.

Uncover pot, add tomatoes and liquid. Cook for 15 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Taste and add more salt or curry powder if needed.

Turn off heat and let rice and beans sit for 10 minutes. Uncover, stir and eat! While waiting, use the leftover coconut milk to make a batch of Painkillers. (http://www.pussers.com/rum/cocktails)
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[zenbrowncoat]

Thank you Carolyn !

I was so looking forward to trying this out for my family. Three of us are vegetarians and we always have these ingredients on hand. I can't wait ! Thanks so much again, John in Kansas City, Missouri

[wraith1701]

Cool recipe! I just got back from Kroger picking up the ingredients. Couldn't find sweetened coconut milk though; they only had regular Goya coconut milk. I guess I could add a little sugar to the milk before adding it. Then again, I guess coconut milk is already kind of sweet on its own. I'm looking forward to cooking it up and giving it a try.

-Eric

[gobluegirl]

Thanks for the comments on the recipe. I hope that it worked out well.

I have updated the recipe to make it clearer and to give some more substitutions for the sweetened coconut milk. The recipe will be fine with unsweetened coconut milk, but the curry powder will have a bit more "kick" that way.

If you want sweetened coconut milk, you can look for the type that is added to drinks. A brand name is Coco Lopez or Coco Casa.

They aren't coconut "milk" so much as coconut-flavored sweetened milk.

You could also probably substitute unsweetened coconut milk and a Tablespoon or two of brown sugar to balance out the heat of the curry powder.



For weeknight dinners, I tend to be a pretty impovisational cook. By extension, my recipes tend to be pretty flexible, and can be changed up or substituted as needed. For instance, if you don't like black beans, or don't have any, kidney beans would work just fine.
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[TageRyche]

I finally got time to listen to S4E4.

I really enjoyed the What's Your Serenity II, The Case For Comics, and the Serenity Speculation segment.

I am thinking about submitting my own What's Your Serenity entry, but haven't decided yet. Plus I think mine will be a bit odd.

[Lemming]