Cuban Black Bean Soup 2

Method

1. Soak the black beans in water overnight.
2. Drain the soaked beans, add fresh water (2 quarts), and salt. Boil the beans until they are soft.
3. While the beans are cooking, crush the garlic and mix it with cumin, oregano, and white vinegar. Set this spice mixture aside.
4. Cut the onions and green peppers into very small pieces.
5. In a separate pan, sauté the chopped onions and peppers in olive oil until the onions turn brown.
6. Add the garlic and spice mix to the sautéed vegetables and cook slowly for a few minutes.
7. Once the beans are soft, drain about half of the cooking water from them. Add the drained beans to the cooked vegetable and spice mixture.
8. Continue cooking slowly until the soup is ready to serve.
9. For garnish, prepare the white rice separately. Marinate a soupspoon of cooked rice in finely chopped raw onion, with a drizzle of olive oil and vinegar. Garnish each serving of soup with this mixture.

Notes:

This recipe is courtesy of a brochure for La Zaragozana Restaurant in Old San Juan, PR. The original source recommends trying their Castillan Garlic Soup if you visit.

Serving info: Total recipe: 2700g · Yields 6 portions · Portion size: 450g

Nutrient	Per 100g (or 100ml)	Per Portion	% Daily Value
Energy (kcal)	133.5	600.8	30.0%
Carbohydrates (g)	17.4	78.3	28.5%
↳ of which sugars (g)	0.9	4.1	8.2%
Dietary fiber (g)	3.0	13.5	48.2%
Protein (g)	4.4	19.8	39.6%
Total fat (g)	5.3	23.9	30.6%
↳ Saturated fat (g)	0.7	3.2	16.0%
↳ Monounsaturated fat (g)	3.7	16.7
↳ Polyunsaturated fat (g)	0.7	3.2
↳ Trans fat (g)	0.0	0.0	0%
Sodium (mg)	433.0	1948.5	84.7%
Calcium (mg)	29.3	131.9	10.1%
Iron (mg)	1.1	5.0	27.8%
Potassium (mg)	276.6	1244.7	26.5%
Vitamin C (mg)	5.8	26.1	29.0%
Vitamin B12 (µg)	0.0	0.0	0%

Ingredient data sources

• Black beans — 453.6g — Beans, black, raw — USDA
• Onion — 226.8g — Onions, raw — USDA
• Green pepper — 226.8g — Peppers, sweet, green, raw — USDA
• Olive oil — 135g — Oil, olive, salad or cooking — USDA
• Garlic — 25g — Garlic, raw — USDA
• Salt — 30g — Salt, table — USDA
• Cumin — 3.5g — Spices, cumin seed, ground — USDA
• Oregano — 1.5g — Spices, oregano, dried — USDA
• White vinegar — 30g — Vinegar, distilled — USDA
• White rice — 185g — Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched — USDA

⚠️ = estimated or sourced outside the listed databases.
% Daily Value based on FDA 2020 Daily Values for adults (2,000 kcal diet).

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