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National Dish
Monk’s Black Beans is Cuban’s National dish. In the local restaurants, the cooks usually create a Cuban sandwich, which is made on long thin loaves of Cuban bread by stacking it really high with a large amount of thin sliced mouth watering roasted pork, Serrano, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and yellow mustard, then serve it along with Cuban’s national dish. If you ever decide to book a trip to Cuba, you should try this national dish, it’s a great dish that taste delicious and satisfying.
Recipe
monk’s black beans – (cuban national dish)
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients:
Water 10 c
Jar (4 oz) pimientos 1 (chopped)
Green pepper chopped 1 lg
Onion chopped 1 lg
Green pepper 1 lg
Olive oil 2/3 c
Salt 4 ts
Pepper 1/2 ts
Sugar 2 tb
Vinegar 2 tb
Garlic cloves crushed 4
Bay leaf 1
Oregano 1/4 ts
Cooking wine 2 tb
Olive oil 2 tb
Preparation:
Place the beans in the water in which they are to be cooked with 1 green pepper overnight before going to bed. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add the chopped onion, garlic and pepper. Empty 1 cup of beans in the skillet then crushed them well.
In a large pot add this mixture along with the chopped pimientos with the left over beans. Add the salt & pepper, bay leaf and sugar and bring mixture to a full boil. Cover and simmer for about 1 hour. Add vinegar to taste, cooking wine and simmer for another hour or more.
If after coming to the boil, you find the soup too thin, continue to cook uncovered a little longer. If your soup seems to be too thick, add more water. Before serving add 2 tbs. of oil. Serve the Monk’s Black Beans over steamed white rice. Yeilds: about 8 servings per person.