Reviewed: May 19, 2001

The recipe sounds great but there must be an error. The only liquid in the recipe is one cup of coconut milk and this isn't enough to cook the beans and the rice. I hope they make the necessary corrections because the recipe sounds like it has potential.

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SCHMUTZ

Reviewed: May 26, 2001

I really liked this recipe. I added a few more spices, though and used both canned prepared beans and frozen previously cooked beans instead of waiting for the beans to cook. I put them in a slow cooker with the coconut milk for about an hour, then transferred everything to my rice cooker. That increased the easyness factor alot.

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JNIXER

Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2001

1 cup of coconut milk is not enough liquid to cook 1 1/4 cups beans AND 2 1/4 cups rice! I sure hope somebody submits a better recipe because this one doesn't work as written!

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shaggy

Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2001

I hope nobody tries this recipe with only 1 cup of coconut milk as the total liquid. You're probably supposed to cook the beans and rice separately, then add the other ingredients.

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BILLY B HILLBILLY

Reviewed: May 28, 2002

I slaved for three hours only to find a dissapointing bland dish. the directions are incomplete and confussing.

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OZMODIAR192

Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2004

Ok, so I had to revise the receipe somewhat. I really used 40 oz. coconut milk, (3 13.5 cans minus a little). I started with the original 1 cup and kept addeding to keep beans drowned until I added rice (which I then considered the rice rule 1 cup rice=2 cups water) I used 1/2 the beans that the receipe asked for, I used only 1 cup brown rice and isteand of sticking to the 25 minutes I just kept checking and making sure rice didn't burn on the bottom and kept fire burning into the majority of the liquid was gone. Taste Great!!! Good Luck!

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JEVA90005

Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2004

After spending all day locating a can of coconut milk, I followed the recipe to the T. About halfway through the 2 hours, I started scrambling for more liquid. I added a can of evaporated milk, since I had no more coconut milk, then I ran out of that and just added milk. Bottom line is that the pan was horribly scorched and I threw the whole thing out. I was very disappointed. I'll never try it again.

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RROBERTS41

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Oakland, California, USA

Living In: Decatur, Georgia, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2004

I found out the missing instruction behind this recipe and still cheated. Soak beans overnight. It's on the package instructions for the kidney beans. Also, I did add more water as it cooked. I could not let it burn. The flavor is OK with the fresh thyme, but I think I'll stick to my own way by cooking the beans and rice separately.

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