Recipe: Cuban-Style Black Beans

Cuban-Style Black Beans
Food & Wine Magazine, Sep 2025, p. 48
5 stars

Tasty!!! Best black beans we've made and will probably make from now on.

Ingredients: black beans, white onion, green bell pepper, tomato paste, bay leaves, garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, dry white wine, ground cumin, dried oregano, Kosher salt, black pepper, water

Tips/Notes:

• Used 2 cans of black beans beans instead of dry
• Did not add 5 cups of water -- instead, use liquid in cans of beans and don't add more than 1/4 c of water
• Used 1 white onion instead of 2
• Used 1 large green bell pepper instead of 2
• Used 1 bay leaf instead of 4
• Used 3 garlic cloves instead of 4
• Used 1 tsp of Kosher salt altogether (don't add the salt at the end in step 4 (the 2 tsp) -- it had plenty of salt!)
• Added red pepper for heat