Name: Puerto Rican Style Beans Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Latin American
Ingredients: For the sofrito:; ½ small onion; ½ cubanelle; 3 garlic cloves; ¼ cup cilantro; For the beans:; 1 tsp olive oil; 15½ oz kidney beans; ½ cup tomato sauce; 1 medium potato; 1½ tbsp sazon seasoning; 1 Bayleaf; ⅛ tsp oregano; kosher salt; black pepper

Puerto Rican Style Beans Recipe

Tracy Henderson Modified: February 13, 2024

How To Make Puerto Rican Style Beans

These Puerto Rican style beans are the perfect side dish to prepare on busy days made with pink or red canned beans and diced potatoes cooked together.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For the sofrito:

½small onion
½cubanelle,banana pepper
3garlic cloves
¼cupcilantro,chopped

For the beans:

1tspolive oil
15½ozkidney beans,pink or red
½cuptomato sauce
1medium potato,peeled and diced
1½tbspSazon seasoning
1bayleaf
⅛tsporegano
kosher salt,to taste
black pepper,to taste

Instructions

In a mini food processor, chop onions, garlic, pepper, and cilantro.
Add oil to a medium saucepan and sauté the chopped ingredients, cook on medium heat until soft, for about 2 minutes.
Add the beans to the saucepan along with 3/4 cup of water.
Add tomato sauce, potato, Sazon, bay leaf, oregano, salt if needed, and a pinch of black pepper.
Bring to a boil then cover and simmer on low for about 20 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
Discard bay leaf and serve over rice if desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 396.51kcal
Fat: 2.29g
Saturated Fat: 0.37g
Monounsaturated Fat: 0.93g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.70g
Carbohydrates: 70.55g
Fiber: 28.35g
Sugar: 3.98g
Protein: 26.74g
Sodium: 362.20mg
Calcium: 187.26mg
Potassium: 1680.44mg
Iron: 10.02mg
Vitamin A: 12.44µg
Vitamin C: 8.91mg

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