Recipe

Black Beans With Ham Hockscilantro And Lime Recipe

	Robertg / All my dishes 1 year, 11 months ago Best tasting black bean soup Prep:15m Cook:135m Servings:6	Robertg
	cuban style

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Ingredients

1# black beans,picked over and rinced

12 cups water

1 smoked hock

1 green pepper,stemmed and seeded, and quartered

1 medium onion, minced

6 cloves of garlic, minced

2 bay leafs

1 1/2 tsp. salt

sofrito:

2 Tbs. olive oil

1 medium onion, minced

1 small green pepper stemmed,seeded and minced

8 cloves of garlic, minced

2 tsp. dried oregano

3/4 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin

1 Tbs. fresh lime juioe

1/2 cup chopped cilantro

fresh ground black pepper

Directions

For beans:

put first 8 ingerdients in a heavy soup kettle or dutch oven,bring to a boil over medium-high heat,lower heat to low and simmer for 2 hours,skimming surface scum as needed.add water if needed to keep beans covered

remove hock and set aside to cool enough to handle

remove bones and skin( I like the skin so I keep it) cut meat into bite size pieces and set aside

for sofrito:

heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat

add first 7 ingredients, saute until soften,about 8-10 minutes

add cumin and cook 1 minute longer

to finish dish:

scoop 1 cup of beans and 2 scoups of cooking liquid into pan with sofrito

mash beans with a patato masher or a fork, until smooth

simmer until liquid is reduced and thickened, about 6 minutes

return sofrito to beans and simmer until beans are creamy and liquid thickens to sauce consistency, about 15 minutes

add lime juice, simmer 1 minute longer

stir in celantro, adjust salt and pepper and serve hot over fluffy rice

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Comments

rosemaryblue 1 year, 11 months ago said:
Oh, yes, I know this is good!! Especially the sofrito! :)

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 11 months ago said:
This is how I do mine robertg. Tex-mex southern.

lasaf 1 year, 2 months ago said:
I love black bean soup. During an unscheduled showing while our house was for sale, I had a pot of black bean soup on the stove. The house sold to those buyers. I'm going to try your recipe. It sounds similar to mine. Maybe better.L.

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