Traditional Cuban Food Kitchen

Cuban cuisine beans blacks

In 2007 my family was finally united after a long separation. How older women have cooked traditional Cuban food. Imagine my surprise when my grandchildren of the woman, "said You know that a lot of your recipes are very popular in Canada?"

Naturally I was very surprised because I had never visited Canada. She goes on to say that my nephew had one of my recipes, and that in turn gave the recipes for his mother, who passed on the recipes for her family and friends.

When I remember to this day. I decided, why not share some of my recipes with my friends Squidoo.

My first recipe is for Cuban style Black Beans.

What you need:

1 bag dried beans blacks
1 large onion
1 green pepper
2 cloves garlic
Olive oil
Salt & Pepper Optional
1 teaspoon sugar

Soak dried beans overnight or at least a few hoursKitchen>.
Wash and rinse the beans, drain soaking water.

Start Boil the beans with 4 cups water over high heat until it begins to boil, reduce heat to med.

Cook the beans for about 45 minutes or until soft.

Cut or chop the onion and green pepper and garlic.

Saute onions, garlic and peppers with 2 tablespoons olive oil

Season with salt and pepper. (Beans traditional blacks are a bit 'heavy on black pepper)

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After the first 45 minutes of cooking, the water must be reduced and the beans should be soft baked onions, peppers, garlic, salt and pepper paste.

Cook over med low for about 25-30 minutes and the beans should be ready blacks.

Suggestions:
When you start to cook beans blacks can be found that the broth has thickened, there are two ways to solve this problem.

Add to04:01 cup of instant mashed potatoes and beans and stir until thickened, or use a tablespoon of cornstarch, one of these methods should do the trick well. As a soup, add the beans blacks place in a bowl and a page of the following: finely chopped onion or shallot, olive oil and offer more (and Virgin cold pressed is best), some gourmet restaurant and a side sour cream. beans to serve blacks.

It can also give blacks the mashed beans in a blender and serve with the top of this pageCourts.

The traditional way to serve blacks beans, Cuban style is to serve the beans with a side of white rice or white rice.

A traditional meal consists of Cuban blacks beans, rice, beef, chicken or pork. The other side to cook traditional dishes are fried.
tostones or yuca.

Until we meet again with another of my recipes. Enjoy your meal.