Cumin Black Beans Recipes

LIME CUMIN BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet.
• Add onion, garlic and cumin, cook 5 minutes or until softened.
• Add beans, salt and pepper and cook 5 minutes until hot.
• Stir in cilantro, rind and lime juice.

BLACK BEANS WITH CUMIN AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Drain and rinse black beans.
• In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat and saute garlic and cumin until fragrant.
• Add black beans, broth and salt.
• Reduce heat to medium-low, stirring frequently until beans are heated through.
• OR, after sauteeing the garlic and cumin, you can place everything in a crockpot on low heat for a couple of hours.
• If desired, stir in the cilantro just prior to serving.

BLACK BEANS WITH GARLIC, CUMIN, AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Rinse black beans and drain. Chop garlic. In a nonstick skillet cook garlic and cumin in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until fragrant. Add black beans, juice or water, and salt and cook, stirring, until beans are heated through. Stir in cilantro.

CUBAN BLACK BEANS AND CUMIN SCENTED RICE

Steps:

• Pick over beans, discarding any shriveled ones of foreign particles. Wash well and soak, covered in water, for 4 hours. Drain beans and place in 4 quarts of water in a soup pot. Add ham hock to the beans. Bring rapidly to a boil. Reduce heat to moderate and simmer beans until tender, about 35 to 45 minutes.
• In a saute pan, heat 1 and 1/3 cups olive oil. Add the chopped onions and garlic to the pan and saute over low heat. Add the chopped chiles and season with salt and pepper. Add the bay leaves and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add 1 cup of drained black beans to the onion mixture in the saute pan, and mash thoroughly with rest of the ingredients in the skillet. Stir in the sugar and the dried oregano.
• Add the bean and onion mixture to the bean pot. Cover, and simmer for 1 hour, at moderate heat. Add red wine, vinegar, 4 teaspoons dried oregano and cumin. Uncover and cook until sauce thickens. Serve hot.
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon cumin seeds
• 3 cups uncooked basmati rice
• 2 small limes, juiced
• 6 cups cold water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• Heat butter over medium heat in a large saucepan. When butter is melted, add cumin seeds and saute for 1 minute. Stir in the rice and cook for 2 minutes.
• Turn the heat to high and add the lime juice, water and salt. Mix well. Bring to boil on high heat. Reduce heat and cook covered on low for 15 minutes until water evaporates.

BLACK BEAN CUMIN DIP

Steps:

• Put all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Reserve some of the juice from cooking the beans, or if you are using a canned product extra water can be used if there is not enough in the can. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

CUMIN BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan cook onion in oil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until softened and browned lightly. Add cumin and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in beans and orange juice and cook until beans are heated through and most liquid is evaporated. Stir in coriander.

CUMIN CHICKEN WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Place chicken between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Pound to 1/2-inch thickness using a mallet. Combine cumin and cayenne in a small bowl and rub over chicken.
• Heat oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Cook and stir chicken in the hot oil until browned and no longer pink in the center, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a cutting board.
• Return the skillet with its drippings to medium heat. Add diced tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Stir in beans, corn, and water until just heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Transfer tomato mixture to a serving bowl and toss with cilantro and red wine vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Slice chicken and arrange with avocado on top of beans.

CUMIN CHICKEN WITH BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat broiler, if using. Wash and dry the chicken, and rub the breasts on both sides with cumin and coriander.
• Rinse and drain the beans.
• Turn on the food processor, and put garlic through feed tube. Wash, trim and seed the chili, add as much as you like to the food processor and process until finely chopped. Chop the tomatillos. Wash and chop the cilantro. Chop the onion and the green pepper.
• To the garlic and chili in the food processor add the beans, tomatillos, cilantro, onion, green pepper, lime juice, salt and pepper, and process until mixture is pureed.
• Prepare stove-top grill, if using. Broil or grill chicken, browning on both sides and cooking until chicken is no longer pink, about 10 minutes.
• Heat the bean puree in a pot slowly until warm.
• Place the bean puree in the middle of each of two dinner plates. Place the chicken on top, and top with mango salsa.

CUMIN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, bring 1 1/2 cups salted water and cumin to a boil. Add rice; cover, and reduce to a simmer. Cook 15 minutes; remove pan from heat, and add beans. Cover, and let stand 1 minute. Fluff rice with a fork.

CHICKEN AND BLACK BEANS WITH CUMIN

Steps:

• Heat oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 5 to 7 min. or until chicken is no longer pink, stirring frequently.
• Add Macaroni, water, salsa and cumin; mix well. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min. or until most the water is absorbed.
• Stir beans and Cheese Sauce into macaroni mixture; cook 2 to 3 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with onions. Serve topped with sour cream.

CUBAN BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Cut 1 green pepper into 1-inch squares. Smash and peel 4 of the garlic cloves. Put the green pepper and garlic into a large pot with the beans, ham hock, bay leaves and 1 tablespoon salt. Add 2 quarts water and bring to a boil. Cover the pot and simmer until the beans are tender, an hour or more.
• Meanwhile, make a sofrito. Cut the remaining ½ green pepper into ¼-inch dice. Peel and finely chop the remaining garlic. Heat the olive oil in a very large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until it starts to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the green pepper and onion and cook, stirring, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic, jalapeño (leave out the seeds if you don't want it too spicy), oregano, cumin, black pepper and 2 teaspoons salt and stir for another minute. Pour in the vinegar and scrape any browned bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spoon. This is your sofrito.
• When the beans are cooked, discard the bay leaf. Remove and set aside the ham hock and let it cool. Transfer 1 cup of beans to small bowl, mash them into a paste with the back of a fork and return to the pot. Add the sofrito, then the sugar. Pull the meat from the ham hock, leaving behind any white sinew or gristle. Chop the ham into ½-inch pieces and return it to the bean pot.
• Stir the beans well and bring to a boil over medium heat, then lower to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes or so, skimming any foam from the top. Taste for salt and serve with white rice.

CUMIN BLACK BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Pour chicken broth into a 4-cup liquid measuring cup. Add water to measuring cup until the liquid measures 3 cups. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cumin; cook for 30 seconds. Stir in rice. Add chicken broth and water mixture, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Stir in beans. Cover and heat until beans are hot, about 2 minutes more.