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Caraotas - Venezuelan black beans

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Category: Legumes

Difficulty: Medium

Time: 00:30

Dish: Starter

Quantity: 2

Country: Venezuela

Ingredients

  • 500 g. of black beans
  • 1.5 liters of water
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into small squares
  • 1 green bell pepper cut into large chunks
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 whole small onion
  • 1 chopped garlic clove
  • 125 g. of bacon
  • 1 tablespoon cumin powder
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt to taste
  • Olive oil

How To Make It

Step 1:

We begin the preparation of our caraotas, for it in an express pot add the black beans, water, whole onion, green bell pepper, bay leaf, cumin, stir and when we see that begins to boil, cover and cook for 20 minutes (we must follow the instructions of our express pot).

Step 1: How To Make Caraotas - Venezuelan black beans

Step 2:

While the black beans are cooking, we will prepare the sofrito, for this, in a pan add the onion, garlic and let cook for 3 minutes, then add the red bell pepper, bacon, a little salt, stir and let cook for 7 minutes.

Step 2: How To Make Caraotas - Venezuelan black beans

Step 3:

After 20 minutes, we uncover our express pot following its instructions, remove the onion, the bell pepper, the bay leaf and then add our sofrito, a little salt, cook for 10 minutes more, remove from heat and we have our delicious caraotas or black beans ready!

Step 3: How To Make Caraotas - Venezuelan black beans

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