Frijoles de la Olla

Name: Frijoles de la Olla
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 cups dried black beans; 1 onion, whole; Epazote or bay leaf; Salt to taste

Frijoles de la Olla/free-HOH-les deh lah OH-yah/

About this dish

A comforting slow-cooked black bean stew, thick and smoky, a Oaxacan staple.

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Ingredients

🫘2 cups dried black beans

🧅1 onion, whole

🌿Epazote or bay leaf

🧂Salt to taste

Method

Serves 3

Soak the dried beans overnight.

Simmer the beans with onion and epazote in plenty of water until very soft.

Season with salt only near the end of cooking.

Serve as a side or base for other dishes.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Frijoles de la olla is one of Mexico's most fundamental dishes, simply cooked beans that form the base of many meals.

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