{"id":511,"date":"2009-08-16T20:28:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T01:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2013-05-04T14:21:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T18:21:41","slug":"cuban-black-bean-stew","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/recipes\/cuban-black-bean-stew\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Black Bean Stew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black beans go fast around our house &#8211; Wren is 80% black bean on the inside.  If you have some time, this dish dresses them up with some nice complementary flavors.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>roasted sesame oil<\/li>\n<li>2-3 cups black beans (soaked-and-cooked or canned)<\/li>\n<li>1-2 cups onions<\/li>\n<li>1 cup diced carrots<\/li>\n<li>1 cup peppers (green, red, orange, yellow&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>minced garlic<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>3 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbsp cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbsp smoked yeast (or 1\/2 tsp liquid smoke)<\/li>\n<li>2 Tbsp soy sauce<\/li>\n<li>1-2 cups diced seitan (<a href=\"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/recipes\/seitan-from-scratch\/\">from scratch<\/a> or prepackaged)\n<ul>\n<li>  Note: In a pinch when I was out of vital wheat gluten, I&#8217;ve used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theppk.com\/2010\/08\/garlicky-thyme-tempeh\/\">marinated tempeh<\/a> on the side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>some arrowroot or corn starch as a thickener<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saute the onions, carrots, peppers, garlic and spices in the sesame oil for 5 minutes or so.<\/p>\n<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/2009\/recipes\/seitan-kebobs-chowder-stew\/100_0723.jpg?w=656\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Add the beans, seitan, and about 2 cups of water (enough to cook, but not too much &#8211; you&#8217;ll be thickening this in a moment to make a sauce).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/2009\/recipes\/seitan-kebobs-chowder-stew\/100_0724.jpg?w=656\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cook for 10-15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/2009\/recipes\/seitan-kebobs-chowder-stew\/100_0726.jpg?w=656\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Add the thickener and cook for a few more minutes, stirring to evenly thicken.  Serve it up over some nice fluffy rice!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedigitalmachine.com\/images\/blog\/2009\/recipes\/seitan-kebobs-chowder-stew\/100_0735.jpg?w=656\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black beans go fast around our house &#8211; Wren is 80% black bean on the inside. If you have some time, this dish dresses them up with some nice complementary flavors. Ingredients: roasted sesame oil 2-3 cups black beans (soaked-and-cooked or canned) 1-2 cups onions 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup peppers (green, red, orange, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/recipes\/cuban-black-bean-stew\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cuban Black Bean Stew<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":478,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-511","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9M0Zg-8f","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":521,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/recipes\/michigan-navy-bean-soup\/","url_meta":{"origin":511,"position":0},"title":"Michigan Navy Bean Soup","author":"m","date":"August 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Another great soup from Friendly Foods (pg. 60).\u00a0 This one will warm even the Grinch's heart cockles.\u00a0 :P I was guessing when shopping, and picked up \"Great nothern beans\", which wikipedia tells me are a type of navy bean.\u00a0 Win! 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