Cuban Style Black Beans
Cuban Style Black Beans

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cuban style black beans. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cuban Style Black Beans is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Cuban Style Black Beans is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

I had Cuban style black beans on my mind, but very very little time. I knew just where to go for a recipe. As always Gina thank you for such a quick and I just made the Cuban Style Black Beans for dinner and my husband loves them!

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook cuban style black beans using 11 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cuban Style Black Beans:
  1. Get beans
  2. Prepare 3 cup dried black beans
  3. Get 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  4. Take 1 medium white onion
  5. Get 1 green pepper
  6. Get 2 tsp cumin
  7. Prepare 1 handful of cilantro, tied with cooking twine
  8. Take 1 hamhock
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp salt
  10. Get 1 small lime, cut in half and seeds removed
  11. Make ready 1 bay leaf

These beans are great with Ropa Vieja, or as a basic side for dinner (think rice and beans!), as well as an eggy breakfast. When the beans are cooked, discard the bay leaf. Remove and set aside the ham hock and let it cool. This is an excellent quick recipe for black bean soup.

Steps to make Cuban Style Black Beans:
  1. Pick through beans to remove and small rocks, debris and broken beans. I place on a large platter in small batches and move picked through beans to one side.
  2. Wash and drain cleaned beans.
  3. I use a quick cook method to start. Place beans in a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. When it comes to a boil, turn off heat, cover and let rest one hour.
  4. Now rinse beans and add to a large stock pot or dutch oven. I use a ceramic coated cast iron. I like the heat retention of this cooking vessel.
  5. Cover beans with fresh warm water. Water level should be about 4 inches over beans.
  6. Add crushed garlic. Cut green pepper in half, deseed and remove top. Add in too.
  7. Remove skin off of onion, cut in half add this along with ham hock and tied up cilantro, bay leaf.
  8. Lastly add in cumin.
  9. Bring pot to a low boil on medium-high heat. Reduce to low and cover. Simmer for 11/2 hours.
  10. Add in salt and lime after 11/2 hours. Adding salt in the beginning results in a tougher bean. Simmer another 15 minutes until beans reach a tender state.
  11. Remove garlic, onion, pepper, lime and cilantro. Discard.
  12. Remove hamhock and remove meat from bone. Cut into small dice and set aside.
  13. Drain liquid from beans. You may reserve this if you wish to make black bean soup.
  14. Add ham bits into beans if you wish.
  15. Serve beans over rice and most Cubans will suggest finely diced fresh red onion on top!
  16. You may freeze portions to reserve for later use. I do since this is a longer process. Just thaw and heat.
  17. Recipe by taylor68too.
  18. To make this a vegetarian version, omit the hamhock. You lose some flavor but it will still be good.

I omit the beer just b'cuz I don't like it. BUSH'S Cuban Style Black Beans™ are seasoned with garlic and bell peppers. They're a great gluten-free side for ham, fried chicken & other Southern favorites. Naturally gluten-free and cholesterol-free, BUSH'S® Beans are picked at the peak of perfection. Now, these Cuban black beans do take some planning ahead and do take some time.

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