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Black Beans
 Black Beans
© Denzil Green
They are often combined with brown rice for a simple meal -- and complete protein.
Cooking Tips
The secret to keeping black beans black is either to cook them without presoaking, or to cook them in the same water in which you soaked them (ignoring the standard flatulence advice about discarding that water and cooking with fresh.) The pigment from the black skin will give other ingredients cooked with the beans a purplish hue.
Simmer unsoaked black beans on the stove for 2 hours (though start checking on them after about 1 1/2 hours -- they cook faster than most other beans, and can go mooshy if overcooked). Or, presoak for 8 hours and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, or presoak for 8 hours, and pressure cook for 18 minutes.
Don't discard the broth from cooking them -- the broth can make an excellent, not to mention, nutritious sauce or gravy, or can be used to deepen the full taste of a meat gravy.
Substitutes
Another kind of bean.
Nutrition
Per 1 cup (or 170g) cooked, boiled: Calories: 225, Protein: 15g, Carbohydrate: 41g, Total Fat: 0.9g
Equivalents
1 pound of dried black beans = 2 cups dried beans = approx 5 - 6 cups of cooked beans = 30 to 36 oz (850 to 1020g) of cooked black beans.
1 cup cooked black beans = 170g = 6 oz
Storage
Up to two years in a sealed container out of heat and light (though cooking time may increase by a few minutes with ones you've had around for a while.)
History
Native to South America.
Also called:  Black Turtle Beans
Turtle Beans Schwarze Bohnen (German) Alubias negras, Frijoles negros, Frijoles tortuga negra (Spanish)
See Also
Black Soybeans
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