Frijoles Fritos

Fried Black Beans

Preparation info
  • 12

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Ingredients

  • 4 cups dried black beans
  • quarts water
  • 3 teaspoons salt

Method

  1. Wash beans well and soak overnight in one quart of the water.

  2. Drain off any water that remains after soaking overnight. Add remaining water and cook, covered, for three hours, or until beans are tender, adding the salt for the last ten minutes of cooking time. Remove beans from heat and cool.

  3. Put beans through a food chopper using