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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Soak beans overnight in 4 quarts water. | 2. Drain. | 3. Combine beans, onion, green pepper, garlic, ham, oil, cumin, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper, and 3 cups of fresh water. | 4. Stir Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high 4-5 hours. | 5. For thick soup, remove half of cooked bean mixture and puree until smooth in blender or mash with a potato masher. | 6. Return to cooker. | 7. If you like it souper, leave it as is. | 8. Add vinegar and stir well. | 9. Debone the ham hock if you used one and cut into bite sized pieces, and return to the soup Serve in soup bowls with a dollop of sour cream in the middle of each serving, topped with fresh cilantro. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
black bean	1	lb	washed sorted dried	1546.7518	282.8605	97.9761	6.441
onion	3		chopped	192.0	44.832	5.28	0.48
green pepper	1		chopped	29.8	6.9136	1.2814	0.2533
garlic	4	cloves	minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
ham hock	1	cup	cubed	-	-	-	-
oil	1	tablespoon		112.12799999999999	0.0	0.0358	12.7334
cumin	1	tablespoon	ground	22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
oregano	2	teaspoons	dried	5.3	1.3784	0.18	0.0856
thyme	1	teaspoon	dried	0.8079999999999999	0.1956	0.0445	0.0134
salt	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
vinegar	2	tablespoons		6.257999999999999	0.2771	0.0	0.0
cream			sour	-	-	-	-
cilantro			chopped	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.