Cuban black beans
Cuban black beans

Hello everybody, it is Drew, 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 food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a 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 favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Cuban black beans is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this 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 that.

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

Cuban Black Beans can be easy and delicious to make and they go great with authentic Cuban Recipes like Ropa Vieja and White Rice. Cuban black beans and rice is a very humble, straightforward dish. Many authentic recipes use a ham hock for flavor; since Alex and I cook mainly vegetarian and vegan meals on a regular basis we've. This recipe for Cuban black beans is the perfect side dish.

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.

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