Cuban Black Beans

Date: 15 Dec 94 09:47:41 MST
From: "Gloria E. McCrary" <MCCRARY@psl.nmsu.edu>

A Cuban friend gave me this recipe and I adapted it to a pressure
cooker (I also removed all references to olive oil).

CUBAN BLACK BEANS <T>


2 cups black beans
5 cups water

Put cleaned, washed beans in a 4 to 6 qt. pressure cooker. Boil
beans for 2 minutes; turn heat off, cover beans and let sit for 1
hours.

Add the following ingredients:

1 or 2 bell peppers, chopped
l large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp pepper
salt or to taste
1 tsp oregano
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp sugar

Cook at 15 lbs pressure for 25 to 30 min. Open cooker when the
indicator has dropped down.

Remove about 1/2 to 1 cup of the beans and mash; return to pot and add
the following ingredients:

2 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp red wine (cooking wine ok)

Bring to a boil and simmer for about 20 min.

Serve over white rice.