# Cheesy Pinto Beans with Rice

This recipe is for a delicious and budget-friendly cheesy pinto beans dish served with jasmine rice, perfect for a meatless meal.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup Jasmine rice
- Oil
- 0.25 tsp Red pepper flakes
- 0.5 tsp Garlic powder
- 2 cans Pinto beans
- 1 tsp Ground cumin
- 1 tsp Smoked paprika
- 0.25 tsp Black pepper
- 0.5 cup Shredded cheddar cheese
- Avocado
- Onions
- Shredded cabbage

## Instructions

1. Cook jasmine rice as directed and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a pot over medium heat.
3. Add red pepper flakes and a little bit of garlic powder to the oil.
4. Sauté the red pepper flakes and garlic powder until fragrant.
5. Add a large can of pinto beans with their liquid to the pot.
6. Heat the beans.
7. Blend half of the beans using a hand blender (or mash them).
8. Add paprika, cumin, and a little black pepper to the beans.
9. Stir the spices into the beans.
10. Once the beans are hot, add shredded cheddar cheese.
11. Stir the cheese into the beans until melted and creamy.
12. Serve the cheesy beans on top of the cooked rice.
13. Garnish with more cheddar cheese, avocado, shredded cabbage, and diced onions.

## Equipment

- Pot
- Hand blender
- Wooden spoon
- Ladle

## Tips

- You can use any cheese you have on hand, such as pepper jack, for the cheesy beans.
- If you don't have a hand blender, you can mash half of the beans with a potato masher, or blend half of the beans in a regular blender before adding them back to the pot.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOJc0nuCeA3/?igsh=MWV5M2I3c2Nub3F0Ng==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/115b8584-1878-4736-a39b-bbb3de86ffc4
- Extracted: 2025-10-21

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