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Gallo Pinto 
Makes 3 to 4 servings

2 cups cooked long grain rice 
1 cup red or black small cooked beans ("frijol criollo")
1/2 cup finely diced white onions
3 teaspoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro ("Culantro de Castilla")
Salt to taste
Lizano Sauce (a mild sauce used on every day cooking in Costa Rica)

Place vegetable oil on a frying pan and heat for approximately 1
minute.  Saute onions until caramelized. Add entire pot of cooked
beans and its gravy into the sauted onions. Stir over low-medium
heat for a minute.  Combine cooked rice to sauted bean mix well
and simmer for 5 minutes.  Add salt to taste. Add cilantro.

Cook on high heat and quick.

Serve immediately and add the Lizano Sauce to taste.

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