Cuban black beans
Cuban black beans

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cuban black beans. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cuban black beans is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Cuban black beans is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Hubby said he hates black beans, but he likes these since this wasn't as spicy or hot as some black bean recipes are. This was the perfect accompaniment to our Cuban meal of Sea Bass Cuban Style, Saffron Rice and Jicama Salad with Cilantro and Lime, all recipes from this site. Rinse and sort beans; soak according to package directions.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cuban black beans using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cuban black beans:
  1. Get pork broth
  2. Make ready 1 medium hamhocks
  3. Take 4 cup water
  4. Prepare 2 clove garlic
  5. Take 1 salt and pepper
  6. Get 1 large onion (divided in half)
  7. Prepare 1 dash vinegar
  8. Prepare beans
  9. Get 2 medium bay leaves (whole)
  10. Get 1/3 tsp chili powder
  11. Get 3 cup pkg black beans
  12. Take 4 cup broth from hamhocks
  13. Take 1 dash baking soda
  14. Make ready 2 tsp ground cumin
  15. Prepare 1/3 tsp vinegar
  16. Make ready 3 cup water… keep ready to add as needed while cooking beans

Including any other garnish of your preference, chatinos, fried plantains, vegetables, among others. Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Cuban black beans are moist - not soupy - but they should have a thick liquid sauce. The sauté of onions, peppers, and garlic (called "sofrito" in Cuban cooking) is what adds flavor to black beans and many other Cuban dishes.

Steps to make Cuban black beans:
  1. Put all ingredients for broth in the pressure cooker… let cook on Med for 45-50 minutes….IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PRESSURE COOKER LET THE HAM HOCKS COOK FOR 1.5 HOURS… U CAN ALSO USE SALT PORK OR HAM ADDED DIRECTLY TO THE BEANS..
  2. While hamhocks are cooking put beans and 4 cups water in stock pot and hard boil them for 10 min. Then cover and let sit for 1 hour..
  3. ….. add beans and all the ingredients EXCEPT THE VINEGAR and water. Approximately 8 cups… to the pressure cooker.
  4. After the hamhocks are tender remove and add beans (there should be 8 cups of broth with the bean juice)…. Close pressure cooker and cook for 40 minutes… There should be approximately 3" of broth over the beans.
  5. STOVE TOP DIRECTIONS…… COOK HAM HOCK OR SALT PORK ON STOVE TOP FOR 1 1/2 HOUR. In 10 cups of water.(FOLLOW RECIPE FOR BROTH)… Ham hock should be tender. Remove ham hock…. Add beans and all ingredients OTHER THAN VINEGAR!! There should be 8 cups of broth to start. Keep an eye on them so they don't become dry. TURN UP ON HIGH AND ALLOW TO HARD BOIL. Then turn down to medium. Let cook for 1 1/2 more hours. Beans should be tender.
  6. You can add vinegar the last 15 min. I like it both with the vinegar and without.
  7. My mother taught me a trick…. Cuban cooks often add oil to the bean pot after they finish cooking. They add olive oil or veggie oil and drizzle a little in the pot. It thickens the gravy and does seem to make them more flavorful. THE OIL CAN BE LEFT OUT IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SUGGESTION!!!!
  8. I make a saucepan (or use my rice cooker) to make rice cooked in chicken broth. I usually serve the beans in a small bowl with rice on the plate and Cuban roast.

Traditional Cuban black beans are made with green peppers. Frijoles negros is a signature dish of Cuban cuisine. It's black beans cooked to perfection in a thick aromatic stew. The beauty of Cuban black beans is that the typical Cuban cuisine flavors of bold garlic, smokey cumin, a bay leaf, and dried oregano enhance the black beans to create a sweet and savory mixture that ensures you have a flavorful and bold black bean recipe. But that doesn't mean there aren't better and worse ways to make beans and rice.

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