Best Black Beans Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine beans, onion, and garlic, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Season with cilantro, cayenne, and salt. Simmer for 5 minutes, and serve.

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine beans, onion,and garlic, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Season with cumin, cilantro, cayenne, and salt.
• Simmer for 5 minutes, and serve.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Stir thoroughly. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Place in a serving dish and serve hot.

Steps:

• For the beans: Place the beans in a bowl or pot, cover with cold water and allow to soak overnight. Drain and rinse before proceeding. (Alternatively, add the beans to a medium pot and cover with hot water. Bring to a boil, and then boil for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover the pot and allow the beans to sit for 1 hour. Drain the beans and rinse them with cold water before proceeding.)
• In a medium pot, add the soaked beans, chicken broth, 2 cups water, the garlic, onions and green, red and yellow bell peppers. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Then add the chile powder, cumin and salt and stir. Cover and continue simmering until the liquid level is to your liking, about another hour. Taste for seasoning and add more of what it needs.
• For the fixins: Serve in a bowl with sour cream, cilantro, lime wedges and diced bell peppers on the side.

Steps:

• The night before, soak the black beans in a large pot of water. The next day, rinse the beans, cover with 3 cups of fresh water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer covered for 30 minutes, skimming off any foam. Stir in the onion and simmer 30 minutes more. Add the garlic, oregano, cumin, and red pepper flakes, and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in sugar and vinegar, and taste before seasoning with salt and pepper. Turn out into a large serving bowl and garnish with chopped scallions.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic, chili and cumin and sauté 30 seconds. Add beans and broth and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Coarsely mash beans with potato masher. Continue boiling until thick, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes. Season to taste with lime juice, salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Butter an 8-inch baking pan.
• Place the black beans, eggs, melted butter, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla, and sugar in the bowl of a food processor and blend until smooth.
• Remove the blade and carefully stir in the chocolate chips and walnuts. Transfer mixture to the prepared pan.
• Bake the brownies for 30 to 35 minutes, or until just set in the center.
• Cool before cutting into squares.

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• Heat olive oil in pot and saute onion, garlic and pepper.
• Add broth, spices, tomatoes, corn & beans, cover and let cook for about 30 min on low or until thickend.
• **We like to cook white rice and serve it in a tortillia with cheddar cheese.**Yum**.

Steps:

• Place beans in a large heavy pot and cover with water by 2". Cover pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then remove from heat. Let sit 1 hour.
• Uncover and add more water if needed to cover by 2". Stir in onion, garlic, bay leaves, salt, oregano, and cumin. Cover and bring to a boil over medium heat. Uncover, reduce heat to low, and simmer, checking after 1 1/2 hours and adding more water if needed to keep beans submerged, until beans are tender and creamy, 1 1/2-2 hours total.
• Serve beans immediately or let cool completely, then transfer beans and cooking liquid to airtight containers.
• Do Ahead: Beans can be made 5 days ahead. Cover and chill, or freeze up to 3 months.

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan, over medium heat sautee the onion, and green pepper and oregano in olive oil until soft. (about 5 minutes)
• Stir in the remaining ingredients and simmer for an additional 8 minutes.
• Serve with medium or short-grained rice!
• If using fresh oregano (which I prefer) substitute about 1 tablespoon finely chopped.

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• Saute onion in pam spray. Add black beans, then mash. Add 1 cup of enchilada sauce and brown rice. Mix. Place portion of rice mixture in tortilla, sprinkle with grated cheese. Roll and put in baking dish.Continue until all tortillas are filled and placed in pan. Makes enough to fill 9x13 and 8x8 pan. Pour on remaining sauce, then sprinkle with cheese. Cover with foil.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
• Garnish with sour cream. (Optional).