Cuban Holiday Black Beans
From sola 15 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Traditional Cuban style black beans made from dried beans,on your table in less than 3 hours.Delicious,easy to make and good for those on a budget.
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried black beans shopping list
- 1 cup peanut oil (I prefer olive oil) shopping list
- 1 medium onion,finely chopped shopping list
- 4 cloves of garlic,minced shopping list
- 1 fresh hot green pepper,seeded and chopped shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano,crumbled shopping list
- 1 tsp.ground cumin shopping list
- 1 bay leaf shopping list
- salt to taste shopping list
- 1/4 cup cider or white vinegar shopping list
- 4 ounce jar of pimentos and juice from jar shopping list
- 1 tbls. sugar,or to taste shopping list
- 1 tbls. cornstarch shopping list
How to make it
- Wash the beans thoroughly,drain and place in a heavy,covered pot or saucepan with 4 cups cold water.Cover and simmer gently until tender,1 1/2 to 2 hours,adding a little water from time to time as necessary.
- Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan and saute onion,garlic and hot pepper until onion is tender,but not browned.Add oregano,cumin,bay leaf,season to taste with salt and stir into beans,which should have quite alot of liquid.Cook,stirring from time to time,for half an hour longer then add the vinegar,pimentos with their juice,and the sugar.Mix cornstarch with a tablespoon of cold water and stir into beans.Cook,stirring from time to time for 5 minutes longer.
- Though they will taste very good when done,they will be even better the next day as flavors meld overnight.
- Serve as a meal or side with rice and a good hot sauce.Also delicious served with avocado with a squeeze of lime and a drizzle of olive oil on the side.
- *Note:I have since made these soaking overnight and not.I find it is better not to soak beforehand.They get too soft,lose their shape and the color is not as nice in the finished dish.
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looks Great! Thanks for the post.
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One of my favorite Cuban dishes. Thank you for posting it!
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