Cuban Black Beans (Vegan)
Recipe: #4327
January 25, 2012
Categories: Side Dishes, Beans, Black Beans, Onions, Peppers, Carribbean, New Years, Potluck, Diabetic, Gluten-Free, High Fiber, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, Low Glycemic, No Eggs, Non-Dairy Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Dinner, Vegan Dinner, more
"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. A lot of people have tried this with canned black beans, but I really think starting from scratch with this recipe is what makes it so special. It's like magic how flavorful they end up and they're Vegan! *If you're Vegan, you know to use Vegan wine. It isn't specific as to what kind of vinegar and wine to use, but I added notes of what I've used."
Original is 8 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (446.3 g)
- Calories 405.2
- Total Fat - 22.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.2 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 599.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 40.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.9 g
- Sugars - 3.5 g
- Protein - 12.9 g
- Calcium - 93 mg
- Iron - 3.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 32 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Wash beans. In a large pot, soak the beans with the first chopped bell pepper in water until swollen, overnight. **It doesn't say so, but I drain it at this point and add new water so the beans won't be so musical if you know what I mean. I just made this recently and didn't drain but did add an extra cup of water.
Step 2
Cook beans until soft about 45 minutes. Skim foam off top when it first starts boiling.
Step 3
Heat oil in a medium pan. Add onion, second bell pepper and garlic and cook until soft.
Step 4
Add 1 cup of cooked beans and mash them well. Add mixture to bean pot.
Step 5
Add dry seasonings to the pot. Cover and boil 1 hour.
Step 6
Add vinegar and wine. Cover and simmer 1 hour.
Step 7
If broth is too watery, uncover and cook until it thickens. Just before serving stir in the olive oil.
Step 8
This was really good in potato tacos I made recently. It's also good for a bean burrito. And is yummy topped with crumbled Feta or shredded cheese.
Tips
No special items needed.
2 Reviews
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