mexican food/black beans

[rock n roll kid]

gonna have mexican fare this week-end. have a can of black beans ....... just heat and serve or does anyone add anything to the beans to make them a better side dish ?
ideas on what you folks do welcome

 

[s&wchad]

Mix rinsed black beans with diced tomatoes, corn, onion, diced jalapenos, cilantro, lime juice, a little cumin and some kosher salt. Serve chilled. Mmmmmmmm!
You can cheat and use Rotel and canned corn, but this time of year you'd be crazy not to use fresh from the garden or farm stand.

 

[tork'd]

Mix rinsed black beans with, diced tomatoes, corn, onion, diced jalapenos, cilantro, lime juice, a little cumin and some kosher salt. Serve chilled. Mmmmmmmm!
You can cheat and use Rotel and canned corn, but this time of year you'd be crazy not to use fresh from the garden or farm stand.

same here, but without the cumin..

 

[Rule3]

Throw can away. (or shoot)

Buy dry beans.

Soak over night (or use quick boil and sit for 1 hr method)

Cook beans until soft.

Add stuff SW Chad Mentioned.(we don't use corn or tomatoes) but what ever you like.

(If you add salt do so after beans are soft as it will stop the softening process.)

 

[45times6]

Most definitely rinse the beans first, or else things could be unpleasant later! I like to mix in lime juice, cumin, and various salsa-like ingredients (whatever's around). Putting all of that into melted jack cheese makes a good bean burrito filling, too.

 

[rick6336]

Mix the cooked beans with what ever you like and put them on eggs in a tortilla as a great breakfast. I did this a couple of weeks ago and my wife and kids loved it. It's best if you mash up about half of the beans first

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Beans you cook are better than canned for sure. If you insist on using canned make sure you rinse them well. That sticky **** they put into canned beans not fit for man nor beast.
I like a lot of cumin.

 

[DeadAye]

Mix the cooked beans with what ever you like and put them on eggs in a tortilla as a great breakfast. I did this a couple of weeks ago and my wife and kids loved it. It's best if you mash up about half of the beans first

Tried it - !!! HORRIBLE !!!
And I sure hope the shells digest

Maybe if you mashed the beans AND cooked the eggs - Just sayin'
OTOH - What do I know about Mexican food????

 

[rock n roll kid]

thanks to all !

the first 2 ideas are good for me ..... just like the 2nd poster , all the stuff without the cumin should do fine
i dont need too much as a main dish , this would be a side dish to our steak fajita's . we will have mixed peppers & onions cooked in a cast iron wok with seasoned roast i have been marinating for 2 days , along with fresh bi- colored corn on the cobb
the beans should compliment every thing else very nicely ...!

 

[Lori Ann]

A good supply of TUMS!

 

[s&wchad]

Don't forget the guacamole and the sour cream and the beer... and maybe some Margareta's for the ladies.

What time do we eat?

 

[RightArm]

Just mash 'em and heat with some cheese. It's just for a side, and maybe something to throw on a fajita. I prefer my black beens as a side to cheese enchilladas. They mix in with the cheese and form the best slop. Tex-Mex is all about the slop.

 

[Texas Star]

Gee, I just heat them from the can and they seem fine. I'm lazy and busy. Bush's is a good brand, or Ranch Style. The latter brand is better known for its pinto beans in a "ranch" sauce.

In Mexican restaurants, I sometimss put them on tortilla chips or roll them and rice in a soft tortilla.

 

[Stevens]

Look in the latin food section of your grocery, get a jar of Goya Sofrito and add 2-3 tablespoons of it when you heat up the beans. If they don't have that try same amount of Salsa, the hot variety is best. You can also add browned sausage or bacon
Steve W I could live on rice and beans

 

[Rule3]

Look in the latin food section of your grocery, get a jar of Goya Sofrito and add 2-3 tablespoons of it when you heat up the beans. If they don't have that try same amount of Salsa, the hot variety is best. You can also add browned sausage or bacon
Steve W I could live on rice and beans

Those little packs of Goya Sazon (Con Azafran) are great. We use them for the beans and or regular white rice to make yellow rice. The rice is much better than the packages of yellow rice mix if you use Uncle Bens Converted.

 

[blujax01]

Oh yeah....
How to make Frijoles Negros (Black Beans and Rice) Easy Cuban and Spanish Recipes

 

[Rule3]

Oh yeah....
How to make Frijoles Negros (Black Beans and Rice) Easy Cuban and Spanish Recipes

Hey those "guys" copied what I said!

I love BB and Rice, Red Beans and Rice, Small White beans, Pasta Figioli. Even like baked beans now that I weened Mrs Rule of canned crapola and make homemade.

 

[BearBio]

Take your beans, rinse, drain, and add a LITTLE chicken stock, sauteed garlic and onion, cumin and red-pepper flakes. Heat thoroughly, season to taste.

Here's an old Californio Rancho trick. Ladle your beans onto your plate and top with some GOOD pico-de-gallo type salsa. Home-made is the best and simplest. The hot beans and cold salsa is a mind-blowing traet!

Salsa: Dice fresh, ripe tomatoes (6-8), add a yellow onion (but green onions are better), diced about the same size, 1/2 spoon fresh garlic (jar OK-powder if you must!), a little cumin, 2-4 jalapenos or serranos (seeded and de-veined), diced finely, 1/4-1/2 cup chopped cilantro, salt & pepper, juice from one juicy lime (1/2 cup, maybe). If you have it, crush some coriander seed and add. Make it look good, use a mix of different colored tomatoes.

 

[Gunslinger808]

Forget Black beans!
I grew up in a Tex-Mex home, and can tell you they are some Santa Fe tree huggers answer on how to ruin a good recipe.
You want real Mexican?
Get Pinto beans and cook them in a Olla (earthenware pot).
ETA:
Besides, how are you going to make a good batch of refries out of Black beans?
That's just nasty!

 

[Rule3]

Yes Pinto's would be more Mexican. Black Bean more Cuban.

I like them all.