Traditional Cuban Rice, Beans & Greens Recipe! - Day 28
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Rice, beans & greens!! All the good things you could possibly need for a delicious meal ????
First we're going to roast our peppers in the oven so they get a gorgeous texture and taste! These will go perfectly in our spicy rice.
Make your rice, beans and spices all in a deep frying pan. Feel free to adjust the spices to your liking!
This is a great dinner or lunch option, it's full of healthy carbs and packed full of fibre! It's got a great flavour and it's super spicy, you guys will love it ????
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Cuban Congris (Black Beans and Rice)
Cuban Congris or Arroz Moro (This recipe makes a lot! At least 8 servings! Recipe can be halved.)
Ingredients: (Please note some corrections to the amounts I mentioned in the video)
4 strips of bacon cooked til crisp - this can be left out for a vegetarian version)
½ cup light olive oil (Adjusted from 3/4 cup in the video)
2 medium onions (or 1 x-lg)
¾ green bell pepper chopped
1/4 cup Granulated Garlic Powder (adjusted from amount mentioned in the video)
OR 5-6 fresh cloves minced
1 tbsp dried oregano
1 ½ inch piece of dried bay leaf
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp cumin
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon of salt
2 cups dried black beans
4 cups extra long grain white rice (not pre-cooked) washed and drained
Cuban Style Black Beans | Recipe | Food & Wine
There was a freshness in my mom's cooking. It was homely and not overly fussy. Her black beans are a perfect example. They begin by simply cooking dried black beans with onion, green pepper, and bay leaf in a pressure cooker, which makes quick work of dried beans, infusing them with flavor while turning them very tender and soft. She would then make sofrito: garlic, onions, and green pepper gently cooked for a long time in olive oil. She would add the sofrito to the beans, which enriched the cooking liquid and gave them a mellow flavor that didn't hit you over the head and really went well with everything else she served them with—the toasted rice, the sweet fried plantains, the boiled yuca, and the tender shredded beef of the ropa vieja. She served an achingly sweet caramel flan for dessert. And for me, all of these things together made the perfect meal.
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Cuban Black Beans and Rice
2 tsp olive oil
1/4 chopped onion
1 1/2 tbsp sofrito (substitution= 1/4 green pepper and small amount cilantro)
if you use the substitution, it is not the same as using soffrito, but I promise your rice will still taste excellent!
1 cup rice (I used jasmine)
1 cup water (yes only one cup)
1 can of black beans 15 oz
spices: 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 garlic powder
cumin
black pepper
oregano
1 bay leaf
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Black Beans with Cilantro-Lime Brown Rice and Pickled Onions
***RECIPE, MAKES 10-12 PORTIONS***
For the beans:
1 lb dried black beans
1 onion
1 bell pepper
2 jalapeño peppers
2-3 tablespoons ground cumin
2-3 tablespoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
salt
pepper
olive oil
water
lime wedges for garnish
For the brown rice:
1 lb dried brown rice
5 cups water
1.5 teaspoons salt
juice of two limes
cilantro to taste
olive oil
For the pickled onions:
1 red onion
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
The night before you want to eat, put the beans in a large bowl and cover them with at least a few inches of water to soak.
Start the pickles by thinly slicing the red onion. Dissolve the sugar into the vinegar in a bowl that isn't made out of aluminum. Toss the onions in the pickling liquid. Cover and refrigerate. Stir them when you wake up in the morning.
The next day, start the beans by chopping up the onion and peppers and cooking them in olive oil in a big pot until they start to soften. Drain the beans and discard the soaking water. Add them to the pot along with enough fresh water to cover by an inch. Put in the oregano, cumin, pepper, garlic powder, vinegar and sugar. Don't put in the salt yet. Simmer the pot for two hours, or until the beans are soft, stirring occasionally. Put in additional water if the beans ever stop being submerged.
As soon as you've got the beans simmering, start the rice by toasting the grains in a little olive oil in a hot pot for a minute or until the rice smells nutty. Add the water and salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a simmer. Cook for about an hour, or until the water is absorbed. Juice in the limes, add as much chopped cilantro as you want, and stir it in. Leave the rice to rest on a warm setting for an hour or until the beans are ready.
When the beans are soft, add salt to taste, and maybe some more vinegar or sugar. Turn off the heat and let them cool at least 15 minutes to allow the liquid to thicken.
Put some rice on a plate, some beans on the rice, some onions and additional cilantro on the side with a lime wedge.
NOTE: This is a re-upload. In the original version of this video, I mentioned how rice contains the amino acid methionine, which beans lack. I knew that protein combining was not as important as previously thought, but I didn't know how thoroughly the necessity of it had been debunked, so I removed that section of the video. The Wikipedia article on protein combining has a well-cited section on this topic:
MY COOKING PHILOSOPHY: I don't like weighing or measuring things if I don't have to, and I don't like to be constantly checking a recipe as I cook. I don't care that volume is a bad way of measuring things — it's usually easier. I like for a recipe to get me in the ballpark, and then I like to eyeball and improvise the rest. If you're like me, my goal with these videos is to give you a sense of how the food should look and feel as you're cooking it, rather than give you a refined formula to reproduce.