Cuban black beans
Cuban black beans

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, cuban black beans. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Now, these Cuban black beans do take some planning ahead and do take some time. But I promise they are worth it! I like to make them ahead and freeze them in smaller batches to use as needed.

Cuban black beans is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Cuban black beans is something which I have loved my whole life.

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

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

This recipe for Cuban black beans is the perfect side dish. You can accompany this delicious cuban black beans soup with white rice, it is the perfect combination that we usually serve on the island. How To Make Cuban Black Beans on the stove. (I'm updating this Cuban black beans for a better version! Cuban Black Bean Soup - Rich in protein and loaded with veggies and flavorful spices, this black bean soup is thick, hearty and absolutely delicious!

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.

In Cuba, it is rare for a meal to be served without frijoles negros (black beans) and rice. Cuban Black Beans (Frijoles negros) are central to Cuban cuisine, served as a side dish with almost every meal and as a main course, scooped onto steaming rice with toppings like sliced avocado and. This is my Mother's favorite black bean recipe. I think she got it from an old Cuban cookbook. Her note is: "flavorful!" Cooking time doesn't include soaking time.

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