Peruvian Mashed Beans

Name: Peruvian Mashed Beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 100 min
Yield: ['8', '8 servings']
Cuisine: latin american
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) bag dry Peruano (Peruvian) beans; 3 quarts water, or as needed; 1 onion, halved; 3 cloves garlic; 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon (such as Knorr®); salt and ground black pepper to taste; 0.25 cup canola oil

⏱ 100 mins 🍽 ['8', '8 servings'] 🌶 latin american 🏷 Side dish

This vegetarian Latin American dish features creamy mashed Peruano beans. The beans are simmered with onion and garlic, then flavoured with chicken bouillon before being mashed with a portion of their cooking liquid. The result is a comforting and flavourful side or main, ready in about 100 minutes. It's a straightforward recipe that yields eight generous servings.

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) bag dry Peruano (Peruvian) beans
3 quarts water, or as needed
1 onion, halved
3 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon (such as Knorr®)
salt and ground black pepper to taste
0.25 cup canola oil

Method

Rinse the dry beans under cold water. Place them in a bowl and cover with water, allowing them to soak for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Move the soaked beans to a large cooking pot. Pour in 3 quarts of water, then add the halved onion and garlic cloves. Cover the pot and cook on a low heat until the contents come to a boil, which should take about 30 minutes. Stir in the chicken bouillon and add salt. Continue cooking, topping up with more water if required, until the beans become tender. This will take 30 to 40 minutes more.
Warm the canola oil in a skillet. Add several scoops of the cooked beans, one clove of the cooked garlic, and roughly half of the water from the cooking pot. Let this mixture come to a simmer, then mash it thoroughly. Finish by seasoning with salt and ground black pepper.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories275 kcal

Fat7 g

Sugars2 g

Protein13 g

Sodium313 mg

Recipe details

CategorySide dish

Cuisinelatin american

Authorsonia Capacete