Black beans are very healthy. The protein included in its composition, by its properties, is almost equal to a protein of animal origin. Black bean perfectly saturates the human body, providing it with all the necessary useful substances, vitamins and minerals.
In addition, eating this bean culture, a person for a long time does not experience a feeling of hunger. Beans normalize blood cholesterol levels, helps prevent cancer.
From black beans you can cook a variety of dishes: soups, cereals, salads.
What you need to know about cooking
Before you start cooking a dish that includes black beans, it is better to soak its seeds first. Thanks to this, the body will better absorb all the nutrients of the culture, will decrease by a third "gas attacks" during the passage through the intestines.
Soak beans at night. To do this, pour it into a container, add water so that it covers it by 5 cm, and place in the refrigerator.
How to cook beans?
For cooking, you need to take beans and water in proportions of 3 to 1. Bring to a boil, then reduce the gas to a minimum and cook until cooked. The cooking process may take two hours. It is better not to add salt and spices, otherwise the beans may remain harsh. Cooked beans can be stored in a closed container in a cool place for no more than three days.
Black Bean Recipes
This type of bean can be used in various dishes - from desserts to salads and soups. This article presents some of them.
Hummus puree
This dish is cooked very quickly. Ready mashed potatoes can be applied to bread rolls or pita bread, you can also make a dish resembling Mexican pizza: spread mashed potatoes on thin slices of bread, put on top a tomato, canned corn kernels, bell pepper, herbs, cheese.
Find out what ingredients we need:
- black beans (boiled) - 1.5 cups;
- garlic - clove;
- onions - one small;
- spices - half a small spoonful of paprika, cumin, chili pepper, turmeric;
- juice of half a lemon;
- water - 3 tablespoons.
We proceed to the cooking process. Chop the garlic well, grate the onion on a fine grater. Put all the ingredients in a blender, whisk until puree.
Black Bean and Buckwheat Soup
Buckwheat plays the main role in this soup. Buckwheat and black beans, the benefits of such a tandem are obvious, combine perfectly to taste and saturate the body with the mass of the substances he needs.
In order to make such a soup, we need the following ingredients:
- olive oil - a tablespoon;
- chopped onions - a third of a glass;
- chopped Bulgarian sweet red pepper - ½ cup;
- three cloves of finely chopped garlic;
- buckwheat - ¼ cup;
- dry chili pepper powder - one small spoon;
- vegetable or low-fat meat broth without salt - 2 glasses;
- boiled black beans - 300 grams;
- carrots, grated on a medium grater - 1 cup;
- frozen corn grains - 1 cup;
- one bay leaf;
- chopped green cilantro - ¼ cup;
- lemon juice - two tablespoons;
- black, red pepper and salt to taste;
- finely chopped spinach, cale, broccoli - ½ cup.
Consider the cooking process.
- Heat olive oil in a pan with a thick bottom, put pepper and onion in it, simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add garlic, chili pepper and buckwheat to the vegetables, stew with the lid closed for another 5 minutes.
- Pour in vegetable broth, add cooked beans, corn, carrots, bay leaf, simmer for another 3 minutes.
- Pour two glasses of water into the soup, pour spices, salt. Cover and cook until buckwheat is cooked (about 15 minutes).
- 5 minutes before cooking, add chopped leafy vegetables and lemon juice.
Black Bean, Pepper and Tomato Salad
To prepare this tasty and healthy dish, we need the following products:
- boiled black beans - 1.5 cups;
- medium tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- Bulgarian sweet yellow pepper - 1 pc.;
- sour cream 20% fat - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- salsa sauce - 100 grams;
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. the spoon;
- celery greens - 1 small bunch.
We proceed to cooking.
- Dice the peppers, tomatoes and celery greens.
- Separately mix sour cream, sauce, salt and pepper.
- Add boiled beans to vegetables, mix, season with the resulting mixture before serving.
Soup with Beans and Sausage
Consider first the products necessary for making a tasty and satisfying soup:
- boiled black beans - 1 cup;
- canned corn - 1 can;
- a bunch of green onions;
- clove of garlic;
- pepper, salt - to taste;
- sunflower oil - 3 tablespoons;
- salami - 250 grams;
- meat broth - 2 glasses;
- marjoram - 2 stalks;
- tomatoes - 1 kg.
Now consider the cooking process.
- Cut green onions into thin rings.
- Drain the liquid from the corn.
- Peel the salami and cut into thin layers.
- Peel the garlic clove, chop with a garlic press.
- Cut the tomatoes into small cubes.
- Pour sunflower oil into the pan, add onion and garlic, pass for 5 minutes.
- Add canned corn, chopped tomatoes and meat broth, bring it all to a boil.
- Salami and cooked beans in the prepared soup, cook for another 15 minutes on low heat. After turning off, add salt, pepper and finely chopped marjoram. Let the soup brew for 5 minutes, after which you can serve it on the table.
Such a soup goes well with croutons. Enjoy your meal!