I really liked this recipe, I used canned chilies insead of fresh jalapenos and added more green onion and olives but it was great! Will make again!! Very filling even without meat!

Baking the beans smothered with cheese in the oven is genius!

This was a tasty recipe. I made extra rice because we like to have a lot of rice.

Wonderful - my whole family loved it and we will definitely be having this again! Other than getting Jalapeno in my eye 20 min. after I made the dish, this was a hit.

cut out the black olives,used chiles and served over white rice with jerk chicken

This recipe was great! I read the reviews before cooking, so I added about twice the chili powder and cumin, and we left off the cheese at the end because we were using the beans in burritos. Excellent accompaniment to a good spiced chicken recipe!

This was a very good recipe, the only reason I am only giving it 3 stars was because I made a few changes. I used day old rice from the night before and put that in the bottom of the dish, then added rinsed and drained black beans, along with diced tomatoes with the juice and I added a little less than a 1/4 cup of water for more liquid. I cooked that for about 20 minutes then added onions and cheese. I will make this again with the changes I made.

This is a very good recipe! I followed the instructions as indicated with the exception of the black olives since I didn't have any. I replaced them with green olives. For those like me who like their food hot and spicy, this hits the spot. However, for those who like their food a bit milder tasting, I would suggest to skip the chili pepper in the black bean mixture. Next time, instead of using brown rice, I'll be using par-broiled rice. For some reason, brown rice doesn't appeal to my palate. Besides that, this recipe is quite good and I will definitely make it again.

I tried one can of black beans and one can of garbanzo. I enjoyed the recipe very much. Thank you!!

We're not vegetarians, so I added sliced turkey smoked sausage. It was great over jasmine rice.

Awesome easy recipe! So easy to adapt to one's own taste and ingredients on hand. I avoided the "drain beans or not" debate, because I make beans from scratch to avoid too much sodium. Thanks for sharing!

This is one of my favorite meatless meals to make. I fell in love with brown rice after trying this recipe-at first I was a little apprehensive about it. I didn't have any jalapeños but I just about added every hot spice that I own and it was delicious! I did not drain the black beans and it was still great I thought.

This recipe was easy to make and nice with cornbread. Add more spice for a better flavor.

I used black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, Adobo, cumin, and hot sauce. I added shredded cheddar cheese as directed. I don't have jalapeno peppers on hand, I hate olives, and I was too lazy to cut up onions. I forgot to add salt, but it tasted decent to me. I ate it with coconut jasmine rice.

I've made this a couple of times now. Tasty and easy to prepare. Served with tortilla chips.

It was very easy to make and smelled really great while it was cooking, but i thought the end affect lacked flavor. It was spicy but that was all we pretty much tasted. Overall, i liked it as a side dish (ala' red beans and rice style) but not as the main course.

I changed these just a little -- I didn't have any brown rice, so I used regular. I added 1/2 cup canned tomatoes with green chili peppers, and diced some polish sausage, sauteed it, and mixed it in. Delicious!