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.