Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Cuban black beans

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Cuban black beans. Review Body: True Cuban black beans without meat?!? Now, these Cuban black beans do take some planning ahead and do take some time. But I promise they are worth it!

Cuban black beans Get your Latin groove on with these Cuban inspired black beans, loaded with mucho sabor (lots of flavor)! This recipe for Cuban black beans is the perfect side dish. Cuban black beans and rice is a very humble, straightforward dish. You can have Cuban black beans using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cuban black beans

  1. You need of pork broth.
  2. You need of medium hamhocks.
  3. Prepare of water.
  4. You need of garlic.
  5. Prepare of salt and pepper.
  6. Prepare of large onion (divided in half).
  7. Prepare of vinegar.
  8. You need of beans.
  9. You need of medium bay leaves (whole).
  10. It's of chili powder.
  11. Prepare of pkg black beans.
  12. You need of broth from hamhocks.
  13. Prepare of baking soda.
  14. You need of ground cumin.
  15. Prepare of vinegar.
  16. It's of water... keep ready to add as needed while cooking beans.

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 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.

Cuban black beans instructions

  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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Cuban Black Bean Soup - Rich in protein and loaded with veggies and flavorful spices, this black bean soup is thick, hearty and absolutely delicious! In Cuba, it is rare for a meal to be served without frijoles negros (black beans) and rice. These Cuban-style black beans are hearty, satisfying and easy to prepare. As I sauted the ingredients it seemed that there there werent enough black beans so added two more cans. Black beans are a sweeter bean compared to say small red beans or even navy beans.