Keep some of the liquid from cooking these beans to make
refried beans with leftovers.
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried black beans
- 2 stalks celery finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 2 onions finely finely chopped
- 2 red bell peppers finely chopped
- 3/4 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano finely chopped
- salt
Method
- Put the beans in a large stock pot and cover with water (2 inches above the beans).
- Leave beans to soak overnight.
- Drain the water and rinse the beans.
- Put beans and all other ingredients into the stock pot.
- Cover with water (4 inches above the ingredients).
- Put the lid on the pot and bring to a full boil over medium heat.
- Lower the heat and simmer until beans are tender (about 1 1/4 hours).
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