Name: White Beans with Aji Verde Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: For White Beans:; 1 lb dry, or navy beans northern beans; 1 Ham Hock; 1 small chopped onion; 1 chopped green pepper; 1 bay leaf; 2 chicken bouillon cubes; 1 tsp cumin; ½ tsp Goya adobo; 1 small chopped onion; 2 minced cloves garlic; ½ cup chopped cilantro; salt; For Aji Verde Sauce:; 10 seeded jalapenos; ¼ cup fresh cilantro; ¼ cup olive oil; 4 cloves garlic; ¼ cup white vinegar; ½ tsp cumin; salt and pepper; ½ cup fat-free sour cream

How To Make White Beans with Aji Verde Sauce

Whip up a filling Mexican dish of white beans with aji verde sauce. Serve spiced Northern beans with savory sauce over rice or chicken for a tasty meal.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 45 minutes

Total: 2 hours 15 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For White Beans:

1lbnorthern beansdry, or navy beans
1ham hock
1smallonionchopped
1green pepperchopped
1bay leaf
2chicken bouillon cubes
1tspcumin
½tspGoya adobo
1smallonionchopped
2cloves garlicminced
½cupcilantrochopped
salt

For Aji Verde Sauce:

10jalapeñosseeded
¼cupcilantrofresh
¼cupolive oil
4cloves garlic
¼cupwhite vinegar
½tspcumin
salt and pepper
½cupsour creamfat-free

Instructions

Soak beans in water overnight.
The next day discard water and fill pot with 8 cups of water.
Add 1 onion, pork bone, green pepper, and bay leaf and cook in pressure cooker for about 1 hour.
Remove from heat.
When pressure dissolves, open the lid and add chicken bullion, cumin, and adobo to taste and cook uncovered on medium heat stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile in a skillet, add olive oil, chopped onion, garlic and cilantro, season with a pinch of salt, and sauté on medium-low heat until onions are soft.
Add to beans and mix well.
Continue cooking beans for about 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally until beans are thickened to your liking.
Taste for salt and adjust if needed.
Discard bone and bay leaf and serve.
To make the sauce, place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
Serve over chicken, rice, beans, or plantains. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 153.87kcal
Fat: 10.39g
Saturated Fat: 2.99g
Trans Fat: 0.03g
Monounsaturated Fat: 5.45g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.16g
Carbohydrates: 6.49g
Fiber: 1.91g
Sugar: 2.77g
Protein: 9.69g
Cholesterol: 28.11mg
Sodium: 509.35mg
Calcium: 41.70mg
Potassium: 308.72mg
Iron: 1.16mg
Vitamin A: 42.69µg
Vitamin C: 27.98mg

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