Mexican Black Beans

Photo: flickr user jessicafm

Ingredients

1/2 pound Black beans

1 Water to cover

1/4 cup , chopped fine Onion

1 teaspoon Cooking oil

1/2 Chopped fine Onion

1/4 cup , chopped Bell pepper

3 Cloves, diced Garlic

1 Salt to taste

Preparation

Wash the beans. Put A-D in a large pot and cook until tender. Then saute E-H in a small pan, and add to the beans. Salt to taste and cook about an hour more.

This is a highly modified recipe out of a Mexican cookbook. The author suggested a crock pot for about 10 hours. It didn't get the beans tender so I put it in a large pot and simmered the beans about an hour. The author also said not to soak the beans over night, because that would give the beans a strong flavor. I was doubtful, but that advice seems to be right.

I also made some nachos with it. I used about half a cup of cooked beans after the first step (A-D). I mashed them with a spoon, and fried in margarine in a small skillet with a few diced onions. I sauteed some ground turkey with taco seasoning, and then layered bean paste, turkey, and cheddar cheese on chips. Very good. I am thinking of making up a batch of beans just to make black bean paste.