Cuban Rice & Beans (Congrí) 👩‍🍳

Hi there! This is a very Cuban recipe that people usually eat in a daily basis there. There are some variations of the recipe like my mom putting culantro leaves or my grandma adding some bell peppers. However, this is my favorite one because it’s really easy to make and delicious! I hope you like it💓

Ingredients:

-2 cups rice

-2 cups cooked black beans

-6-8 slices of bacon

-4 garlic cloves

-1/2 onion

-Cumin powder

-Oregano powder

-Goya seasoning (optional)

-salt

Preparation:

-Put 2 cups of black beans in the pressure cooker for 30 minutes until they are cooked.

-Cut the onions, the garlic and the bacon.

-Cook the onions and the garlic until they’re golden. In a separate pan cook the bacon.

-In the rice cooker add the 2 cups of rice and add the onion, garlic and the bacon (you can add the bacon without the grease and just put some olive oil/I used like half of the grease-not healthy- but the flavor it’s worth it)

-Then add the beans and the beans water until it’s like two fingers over the rice and beans (sorry if I’m not more clear but I learned how to cook this without measuring 😅)

-Add all the seasoning and the salt and taste it so you can make sure that it’s good (I like to add the Cumin powder at the end when the Congrí is ready and just mix it all)

-Cook normally in the rice cooker.

There are many ways to make this rice without using a pressure cooker or a rice cooker but I think this is easier and the result is pretty good. If you have a better rice like a large one is going to be even better, this rice is not that great for Congrí because it’s not supposed to be sticky.

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