Black beans
Black beans are cooked with onion, green pepper and garlic, seasoned with bay leaves, salt, cumin and oregano. White wine and vinegar give these beans a nice little bite.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 400g dry black beans, soaked overnight
- 1L cold water, or as needed
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 120ml white cooking wine
- 60ml distilled white vinegar
- 60ml olive oil
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:1hr ›
Extra time:1day ›
Ready in:1day1hr15min
- In a medium stockpot, combine soaked beans (see Note), water, onion, green pepper, garlic, bay leaves, salt, cumin and oregano. Bring to the boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low. Simmer, covered, until beans are tender, about 1 hour. Stir occasionally and add water as necessary so that the beans don't dry out or scorch.
- When beans are tender, stir in wine, vinegar and olive oil.
Note:
If you don't have time to soak the black beans overnight, use the quick-soak method: bring beans and water to the boil. Turn off heat and allow to stand for 1 hour before proceeding with recipe.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (10)
Had to throw this out because the beans were crunchy and not cooking. I followed the non-soak method but forgot to not add salt. I’ll be buying canned beans from now on, just not worth it trying to cook them. - 29 Dec 2018 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I'll make these again. I didn't find this recipe until after my black beans were completely cooked. I sauteed some onion and bell pepper, put in some garlic and cumin, and put all it plus a couple bay leaves in to cooked beans. As the rest of dinner was finished I put in a bit of red wine vinegar but didn't have any cooking wine. I also skipped the additional olive oil, since I sauteed the onion and pepper in it earlier. I look forward to following the recipe from the beginning next time. - 24 Dec 2018 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
Yes I made changes to it I didn't add any wine or vinegar and it still taste it great. - 02 Aug 2018 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)