Habichuelas guisadas (stewed beans)

September 14. 2009, under Blogr with No Comments

As I wrote before, beans out of the can are disgusting. Here’s how I cook them:

1 can of beans (or 2 for more than 4 people)
1 can of tomato sauce
1 tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tablespoon of sofrito

Add the olive oil to a pot at medium heat. In about a minute the oil should be hot, add the sofrito, it should bubble a bit as it fries. With a spoon, spread the sofrito so that it cooks evenly. Once it starts to brown around the edges, pour the tomato sauce and beans. Stir well, lower the heat, and cover. In about 10 minutes, check the beans, they should be bubbling, stir them, if the sauce is getting stuck to the bottom, they should be more than done.

And that’s it. Yummy nutritious beans.