Black Beans and Rice
From craftyazgirl 16 years ago
- 180 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This dish is served frequently in Cuba as a side dish with roast pork or chicken, but could be served as a vegetarian main dish.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. black beans shopping list
- 2 1/2 quarts water shopping list
- 1 green pepper, sliced shopping list
- 1 medium white onion, quartered shopping list
- 5 cloves garlic, minced or pressed shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin shopping list
- 3 tablespoons vinegar shopping list
- 3 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
- 2 to 2 1/2 teaspoons salt shopping list
- 3 cups hot cooked rice shopping list
How to make it
- Rinse beans. Cover with 6 cups water in a large kettle. Add bell pepper and half the onion. Soak overnight.
- When ready to cook, add 4 cups water and bring to boiling. Reduce heat. Cover and simmer until beans are tender, about 2 1/2 hours.
- Meanwhile, mash together in mortar and pestle (or blender or food processor ) he remaining half onion, garlic, oregano, and cumin. Mix in 1 tablespoon of the vinegar.
- In a small frying pan, saute the onion mixture in tablespoon of the olive oil about 5 minutes or until golden.
- Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons each oil and vinegar into the onion mixture; then add it to the beans. Add salt.
- Simmer another 20 minutes just before serving.
- Spoon over hot rice and serve.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Fix these a lot. They are absolutely GREAT!!!!!!
gingerlea
in Tampa loved it
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Added the dry rice directly to the beans at the end and simmered an additional 30 minutes. A good bean recipe.
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pointsevenout
in Athens loved it
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Made this recipe again and combined it with another recipe. Here's the link to "IMI": Combined Two Recipes
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