Jug-Water Rice and Beans
A dry camp dinner built around water you hauled in, not water you found.
- calories
- 700
- weight
- 6.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 108
- protein
- 20 g
- serves
- 1, scales
- prep
- 2 min
- cook
- 10 min
- total time
- 12 min
- water
- 600 ml boiled
- cost
- $
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Dinner
- Canister stove
- Liquid fuel
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Canoe / raft
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten free
- Dairy free
- Nut free
- One pot
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Dump and stir
Ingredients
| Instant rice | 1 cup | parboiled, not raw long grain |
|---|---|---|
| Dehydrated refried beans | 1/2 cup | |
| Tomato powder | 1 tbsp | |
| Vegetable bouillon | 1 cube | |
| Cumin and chili powder | 1 tsp | |
| Olive oil | 1 tbsp | dropper bottle |
| Hot sauce | a few dashes | optional, travel bottle |
Method
- Boil 400 ml of water in the pot and crumble in the bouillon cube.
- Stir in the rice, cover, and pull it off the heat. Let it sit five minutes.
- Add the remaining 200 ml of water, the bean powder, tomato powder, and spices. Stir until there are no dry pockets.
- Return it to low heat for a minute if it is too loose. It thickens fast once the beans hydrate.
- Pour the oil over the top, add hot sauce, and eat straight from the pot.
This is a dinner for camps where every liter of water came in with you: a jug in the truck, a dromedary in the canoe, whatever you filled at the last tap. Instant rice and bean powder both rehydrate at a fixed ratio, so you can measure the water once and not guess.
The order matters. Rice first in plain boiling water, beans second off the heat. Bean powder dumped in early glues to the bottom of the pot and scorches, and scrubbing a burned pot costs more water than the meal did.
Note: the page this was drawn from was a product listing for a camping toilet, not a recipe. Nothing in it supports a dish, so this recipe is written from scratch and should be treated as unsourced.
Packing
Rice, beans, tomato powder, bouillon, and spices premixed into one bag per person. Oil and hot sauce ride upright in a side pocket.
Variations
- A foil packet of tuna or chicken turns it into a bigger dinner and adds 20 g of protein.
- Corn tortillas on the side if gluten is not a concern.
- Dried onion and pepper flakes added at the boil give it more body.
https://casambu.com/products/boxio-toilet-toilette-seche-a-separation-camping-boxio