Cuban black beans and rice
Cuban black beans and rice

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, cuban black beans and rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Black beans and rice is a common dish all over the Caribbean. For this Cuban recipe, I like to start with dried black beans and soak them overnight. Of course, if you don't have time to do that just use canned beans but be sure to drain and rinse them to remove any excess starchy liquid.

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

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cuban black beans and rice using 10 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cuban black beans and rice:
  1. Get 33/4 cups vegetable broth
  2. Get 1 1/2 cups uncooked brown rice
  3. Take 1 onion,chopped
  4. Take 1 jalapeño pepper,seeded an chopped
  5. Take 3 cloves garlic,minced
  6. Prepare 2 teaspoons ground cumin
  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
  8. Make ready 2 cans (about 15 ounces each) black beans, rinsed and drained
  9. Make ready 1 tablespoon lime juice
  10. Get Sour cream and chopped green onions (optional)

Aside from being delicious, they are so versatile! You can eat them on white rice, you can eat them alone as a soup, on tacos, in a salad, I could go on but you get Now, these Cuban black beans do take some planning ahead and do take some time. I can't remember where I got this recipe. The Cuban surgeon at the hospital where I worked said it was "almost as good" as his mother's!

Instructions to make Cuban black beans and rice:
  1. Combine broth,rice-onion,jalapeño pepper,garlic,cumin and salt in crock-pot slow cooker;stir to blend. Cover;cook on low 71/2 hours or until rice is tender
  2. Stir beans and lime juice into crock-pot slow cooker. Cover;cook on low 15 to 20 minutes or until heated through. Garnish with sour cream and green onion.

Add onion mixture and all remaining ingredients, except the red wine vinegar, to the beans and bring to a boil. Smash some of the beans with the back of a fork to thicken. Top with the radishes and cilantro. Congri is enjoyed all over Cuba, but it's prepared a little differently from town to town. This classic recipe is adapted from "Tastes Like Cuba," by Eduardo Machado and Michael Domitrovich.

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