Cuban black beans
Cuban black beans

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cuban black beans. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cuban black beans is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Cuban black beans is something which I have loved my whole life.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 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. Take pork broth
  2. Get 1 medium hamhocks
  3. Make ready 4 cup water
  4. Take 2 clove garlic
  5. Make ready 1 salt and pepper
  6. Make ready 1 large onion (divided in half)
  7. Get 1 dash vinegar
  8. Make ready beans
  9. Take 2 medium bay leaves (whole)
  10. Make ready 1/3 tsp chili powder
  11. Get 3 cup pkg black beans
  12. Prepare 4 cup broth from hamhocks
  13. Get 1 dash baking soda
  14. Make ready 2 tsp ground cumin
  15. Get 1/3 tsp vinegar
  16. Make ready 3 cup water… keep ready to add as needed while cooking beans

Cuban black beans and rice is a very humble, straightforward dish. 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.

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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