Recipe: Simple Savory Black Beans 4 March 2008 6:51 pm
Posted by Tracy in : cooking,recipes,vegan,vegetarian , add a commentBetter late than never, here’s one of the black bean recipes I was thinking about when I mentioned them two Monkey Mondays ago. Which reminds me — this week’s Monkey Monday should finally be going up later tonight.
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These are my “southwestern”-style black beans, for lack of a better term — they’re burrito filling, part of or a side for huevos rancheros, stuff like that, a cousin to my refried beans except with the firmer texture of black beans, which are not as quick to turn soft and mooshy as pintos (are pintos starchier? I should look this up, and by no means do I intent do imply that there’s anything wrong with soft and mooshy beans if that’s what you’re looking for.) You can use either canned or home-cooked beans for this recipe: one can is about 1 1/2 cups of beans, maybe 1 3/4. See the refried beans post linked above for tips on cooking your own beans, which I highly recommend if you’ve got the time. Also, definitely check out this awesome article about the many stock-like uses of bean cooking liquid. It’s fantastic! And now, on to the recipe: (more…)
