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Puerto Rican beans

This quick and easy Puerto Rican style beans recipe uses pink or red canned beans and diced potatoes, perfect for a fast side dish.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 120
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients
  • 0.5 small onion
  • 0.5 cubanelle pepper or banana pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 0.25 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 15.5 oz can pink or red kidney beans I like Goya, not drained
  • 0.5 cup canned tomato sauce
  • 1 medium potato peeled and diced 0.25-inch (4.5 oz)
  • 1.5 tbsp Sazon seasoning
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 0.125 tsp dried oregano
  • tsp kosher salt to taste
  • tsp black pepper to taste

Method
 

Preparation Steps
  1. In a mini food processor, chop onions, garlic, pepper and cilantro.
  2. Add oil to a medium saucepan and sauté the chopped ingredients, cook on medium heat until soft, about 2 minutes.
  3. Add the beans (not drained) to the saucepan along with 0.75 cup of water.
  4. Add tomato sauce, potato, sazon, bay leaf, oregano, salt if needed and pinch of black pepper.
  5. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low for about 20 minutes, or until potatoes are soft.
  6. Discard bay leaf and serve over rice if you wish.