Black Beans
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omnomnomRecipe from Sarah Leah Chase's Year Around Cookbook, with variations by yours truly.
I am a lazy and cheap cook, so after having made this dish several times by recipe, I now do a few things my own way. I've combined various colors of peppers, scallions and onions, etc. These beans make great burritos, dip, or a side dish.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cans black beans, rinsed (or cook your own from dry)
1/3 c. olive oil
1 lg. onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper
1 fresh jalapeno, seeded and minced
2 T tomato paste
3 T red wine vinegar (or red wine and a splash of balsamic vinegar)
1 T dried oregano leaves
1 T ground cumin
3 T fresh cilantro, minced
1/2 to 3/4 T salt
2 tsp freshly ground pepper
Optional: chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (1-3 peppers, minced, and sauce to taste)
Optional #2: This recipe is not particularly spicy with just one jalepeno, so add peppers to taste.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Put drained black beans in a large soup pan and put just enough water over them to cover the bean. Bring to a boil and let simmer while completing the rest of the recipe. If you cooked your own beans from dry, no need to rinse. Just leave them in their cooking water once they are soft.
Meanwhile, make the sofrito (the spicy goodness that makes plain black beans into a dish):
Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over med-high heat. Add onion, garlic, bell pepper and jalapeno and saute, stirring frequently, for 7 minutes.
Stir in the tomato paste and vinegar (or wine), then add the oregano, cumin, cilantro, salt and pepper. Add the chipotle and adobo now, if you choose to use it.
Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Add the sofrito to the cooked beans and simmer uncovered until the mixture becomes quite thick, 30 minutes.
If the beans aren't thick enough after 30 minutes, you can move them into your used skillet to help evaporate any extra moisture.
You can serve the beans at once or set aside. Reheat uncovered over low heat.
These beans make great burritos, dip, or a side dish.
Makes 8 servings.
Enjoy!
I am a lazy and cheap cook, so after having made this dish several times by recipe, I now do a few things my own way. I've combined various colors of peppers, scallions and onions, etc. These beans make great burritos, dip, or a side dish.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cans black beans, rinsed (or cook your own from dry)
1/3 c. olive oil
1 lg. onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper
1 fresh jalapeno, seeded and minced
2 T tomato paste
3 T red wine vinegar (or red wine and a splash of balsamic vinegar)
1 T dried oregano leaves
1 T ground cumin
3 T fresh cilantro, minced
1/2 to 3/4 T salt
2 tsp freshly ground pepper
Optional: chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (1-3 peppers, minced, and sauce to taste)
Optional #2: This recipe is not particularly spicy with just one jalepeno, so add peppers to taste.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Put drained black beans in a large soup pan and put just enough water over them to cover the bean. Bring to a boil and let simmer while completing the rest of the recipe. If you cooked your own beans from dry, no need to rinse. Just leave them in their cooking water once they are soft.
Meanwhile, make the sofrito (the spicy goodness that makes plain black beans into a dish):
Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over med-high heat. Add onion, garlic, bell pepper and jalapeno and saute, stirring frequently, for 7 minutes.
Stir in the tomato paste and vinegar (or wine), then add the oregano, cumin, cilantro, salt and pepper. Add the chipotle and adobo now, if you choose to use it.
Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 5 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Add the sofrito to the cooked beans and simmer uncovered until the mixture becomes quite thick, 30 minutes.
If the beans aren't thick enough after 30 minutes, you can move them into your used skillet to help evaporate any extra moisture.
You can serve the beans at once or set aside. Reheat uncovered over low heat.
These beans make great burritos, dip, or a side dish.
Makes 8 servings.
Enjoy!
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on 2009-04-30 03:53 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-05-01 01:42 am (UTC)Hope you like it!
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on 2009-09-22 06:54 am (UTC)no subject
on 2009-09-22 01:49 pm (UTC)I'm so glad to hear that you have been enjoying them! I really do think they are wonderful, too. Yay! :)