Pepper Black Beans and Rice with Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage

I love this simple to assemble meal. But, what's really awesome are the pepper black beans. I started making these recently and they're kind of addicting. When you add fresh finely ground pepper to the beans, not only do you notice the heat from the black pepper, but the taste of the black pepper as well. I don't suggest an amount of black pepper for this recipe, but my method is to add and taste, add and taste and you'll know when you've got it right.  

Ingredients:

2 cans Bush's black beans

Fresh ground black pepper to taste

1 cup basmati rice

Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage

Preparation:

Place the water, rice and salt into a rice cooker and let the rice cook while you prepare the rest of the meal.

Take the black beans and add to a medium sauce pan. Heat the beans to medium and then take a potato masher and mash up half the beans. Let the beans cook until the liquid is reduced making and nice thick sauce.

The sausages are already cooked so you just need to heat them up on the grill. Once heated you're ready to plate.

To serve, take a small bowl and use as a mold for the rice. Once the rice is on the plate, add the pepper black beans and then the sausage. Garnish with diced green onions and chopped Italian parsley.