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Recipes: Beans and legumes
Explore beans and legumes, with ingredients, timings and step-by-step instructions.
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Habanera-style soy picadillo with potatoes and olives
Fine-textured hydrated soy stewed with sofrito, tomato, potatoes, and olives until loose and juicy. Serves 4.
Canned red beans Cuban style with pumpkin
Stew of canned red beans with pumpkin and criollo sofrito, meat-free and ready in under an hour to serve with white rice.
Brazilian Feijoada Cuban Style with Ribs, Tasajo and Chorizo
Fusion feijoada: black beans with pork ribs, tasajo and chorizo, served with white rice, cassava farofa with chicharrón, fried ripe plantains and orange.
Chickpea stew with pork ribs and carrots
Hearty stew with tender pork ribs, whole chickpeas, and carrots in a reddish broth with Cuban sofrito, dry wine, and cumin.
Cuban Completa with Grilled Chicken
Cuban Completa with white rice, separately stewed black beans, grilled chicken breast, fried maduros, and avocado.
Black Bean Croquettes
Crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside black bean croquettes, without béchamel. Ideal for using up leftover beans.
Dried Split Pea Fritters
Golden fritters made from blended dried split peas with garlic, onion and egg, with fresh parsley. Economical, tasty and perfect as an appetizer.
Split Pea Stew
Cuban split pea stew blended with chorizo and smoked pork ribs, sautéed in butter. Thick, flavorful, and perfect with white rice.
Red Beans Chef Style
Thick red beans with smoked pork hocks, chorizo, bacon, malanga and pumpkin, in our chef's style. Perfect with white rice.
Chickpeas with Pig's Feet
Chickpeas with pig's feet, chorizo and bacon in a sofrito with dry wine: a slow-cooked stew ideal for the weekend.
Lentils
Lentils in a pressure cooker with chorizo, blood sausage, pork ribs, potatoes and carrots, finished with a savory tomato sofrito.
Chícharos
Cuban stew of chícharos with chorizo, tocineta, pork hock, potato and pumpkin, made in a pressure cooker: thick, flavorful and very home-style.
Fried Chickpeas
Tender chickpeas sautéed in a sofrito of onion, garlic, tomato, chorizo, and bacon with paprika. A delicious dish perfect for using up leftovers.
Black Beans in the Best Cuban Style
Cuban black beans in a pressure cooker, with a sofrito of onion, ají cachucha and garlic, bay leaf, cumin and a touch of vinegar. Thick and flavorful.
Refried Red Beans with Cilantro
Cooked red beans, mashed with onion, chives, garlic, and cilantro, then sautéed in oil. A delicious and simple Cuban side dish.
Vegetable Croquettes
Chickpea croquettes with béchamel, cumin, and paprika, breaded and fried until golden. A very Cuban vegetarian appetizer.
Chickpeas with Swiss chard
Stewed chickpeas with Swiss chard, garlic and chorizo: a nutritious, tasty and simple dish, ideal for a healthy and balanced diet.
Red beans with pork chunks
Red beans cooked in a pressure cooker with pork chunks marinated in sour orange and a Creole sofrito. A complete dish to share.
Beans with oil
Slow-cooked beans with onion, seasoned with olive oil and pepper, served with garlic-rubbed toast.
Frijoles refritos
Cuban-style frijoles refritos: boiled, mashed with garlic, onion, and ají pepper, then sautéed in oil until they form a thick paste.
Fabada Asturiana
White beans simmered slowly with chorizo, blood sausage and bacon: the Asturian spoon dish that reminds us of our grandparents.
Red Beans
Cuban-style red beans with chorizo, bacon, ham bone, potato and pumpkin, made in a pressure cooker. Ideal with white rice.
Black Beans
Cuban-style black beans with a sofrito of onion, garlic, and ají pepper, a touch of cumin, dry wine, and olive oil. The perfect accompaniment to white rice.
Moros y cristianos
Cuban rice with black beans, made in a pressure cooker with a sofrito of onion, garlic, and green pepper. The traditional moro rice recipe for 6.