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Frijoles Antioqueños

Name: Frijoles Antioqueños
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 1 lb of Red or Cargamanto beans; 2 unit red tomatoes; 1 cup of chopped scallions; ¼ cup of Oil; 2 unit Tbs of cumin; 1 unit Tbs of allspice; 6 cups of water; 1 unit cube of chicken broth; 1 large plantain (I like to use it very ripe (it gives a sweet taste to the beans)); 1 unit optional: add ½ lb of flank steak (pork legs, or pork rinds)

is an icon of Colombian Typical Food. Are main ingredient of what I consider the National dish: Band

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

of Red or Cargamanto beans
1 lb
red tomatoes
2 unit
of chopped scallions
1 cup
of Oil
¼ cup
Tbs of cumin
2 unit
Tbs of allspice
1 unit
of water
6 cups
cube of chicken broth
1 unit
plantain (I like to use it very ripe
it gives a sweet taste to the beans)
1 large
optional: add ½ lb of flank steak
pork legs, or pork rinds
1 unit

Method

Wash beans and let hydrate overnight by covering with twice its amount in water.

Next day, remove floating beans.

I strongly recommend to use a pressure cooker, which will save you plenty of time when cooking the beans.

Heat the oil in the pressure cooker. Add scallions and let fry until it starts getting brown. Add tomato, cumin, cubed chicken broth and allspice. This is called "Hogao", a basic sauce for many Colombian dishes.

Add 6 cups of water, the beans, and plantain. Cook in medium heat until it boils.

Cover the pressure cooker, and let cook for 30 minutes.

Let cool, and open pressure cooker (I use to pull up the pressure valve with a knife, to let steam get out faster, but do so only if used to work with this type or pan).

Check water amount, and add optional beef / pork and close back. Cook for additional 30 minutes.

Check salt. If you wish them thicker, you can cook uncovered at low heat.

Frijoles Antioqueños

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