Summary

Ingredients

• 500 g beans, frijoles neros (black beans) or frijoles rojos (red beans)
• 150 g bacon, smoked, finely diced (optional)
• 1 large onion (s), whole but peeled
• 2 stalks celery, (divided into large pieces)
• 2 carrot (s), cut in halves or thirds
• 1 green pepper (s) (cleaned and cut into thirds)
• 4 garlic clove (s), whole
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ thyme, dried
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ ground cumin
• 0.5 teaspoon ½ oregano, grated
• salt and pepper

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Instructions

1. Do you still know Backus, the god of rhyme? No, not Bacchus. Backus. Gus Backus! I agree! The one with the beans in your ears. No, don`t fight back now. The day is over! He`s got an ear worm. You can`t get the beans out of your ears anymore. You can just as easily continue to cook while singing. Maybe like this (according to the familiar melody):
2. Yes, I`m hungry again
3. put the beans in the pan
4. Beans in the pan
5. Beans in the pan;
6. I hang around in the kitchen
7. put the beans in the pan
8. Beans-in-the-pan! (Scratch the cat)
9. And now all:
10. Wash the black beans carefully and let them soak in plenty of water for at least 12 hours. Pour off the soaking water, rinse the beans again and place them in fresh water in a large saucepan. The beans should always be covered with a good two fingers of water (or more) during the cooking process.
11. To the beans, cut the whole onion, celery, carrots and peppers into large pieces and add the cloves of garlic. Likewise, the herbs mentioned (bay leaf, thyme, oregano, cumin and parsley). The bacon can now - if desired - be added to the beans. Only the salting and peppering is done towards the end of the cooking process.
12. After the first boil, skim off the foam and let the beans simmer for 1.5-2 hours. Depending on how old the beans are or how long they could be soaked beforehand, it is possible that they require additional cooking time. If necessary, a little more water has to be poured in.
13. If you notice that the beans are almost soft, season with salt and pepper and fish out the vegetables again. The black beans are now ready for further processing
14. for example in Don Diego`s Gallo Pinto or in Don Diego`s Frijoles Molidos a la Tica.
15. Have you even listened to me? Or did you just