full of flavor black beans and rice (dominican moro de habichuela negra)

Moro de habichuelas is a Dominican black beans and rice dish. It is a very popular dish in Latin America. Even though every country has their own way of making black beans and rice, like this Puerto Rican rice and black beans recipe, they taste very similar. I'm really obsessed with Moro de habichuelas, guandules, corn and so many more. I'm going to share all these recipes. In the Dominican Republic every kitchen has its own unique recipe of the traditional Dominican dishes. My recipe is inspired by the recipe of my mother. She is the queen of the Dominican kitchen. Everything she makes tastes like heaven.

I'm homesick, want to escape the cold weather, thinking of my childhood or need variation in my diet.

Moro de habichuela

is the perfect side dish for your favorite meat, fish or just salad and avocado. But I don't want to debase this meal, it is so good it could stand alone on your weekly meal plan.

The recipe is originally vegan. If you want to keep your meal vegan, eat a colorful salad with tomatoes, red paprika, cucumber, onion, avocado and what you really shouldn't forget is the beetroot with a sprinkle of lemon juice. This is so good my mouth is watering, while writing about it.

• Rice.

  This is one of the two essential ingredients for this dish. For a typical Dominican rice recipe, you will need a long grain rice like basmati or jasmine rice. These two sorts of long grain rice will harmonize perfectly with the other ingredients. It will not be too dry nor too moist.

• Beans.

  The second essential ingredient for any Moro is the bean. There are so many different Moro recipes they mostly all contain beans. For this recipe you will need black beans. If you don’t have any black beans, you can use red beans instead. If you’re using dry black beans you have to prepare the beans overnight and cook before using it for this dish.

• Bell pepper.

  Red bell pepper is the perfect one for this dish. If you don’t have any bell pepper use pointed red paprika.

• Cilantro.

  Fresh cilantro is one of the key ingredients in the Dominican kitchen as it gives the dishes a unique taste. It sets its aroma perfectly free while cooking in the rice water.

• Garlic.

  It wouldn’t be a good Moro if it doesn’t contain fresh garlic. The perfect way to prepare the garlic cloves is by using a pilon, which is an essential Dominican kitchen tool also known as a wooden mortar and pestle. If you don’t have a mortar and pestle you can press the garlic clove with a knife, mince it or use a garlic press.

• Onion.

  Another important ingredient for any Dominican dish. The smell of the onion and garlic while they set their aromas free is priceless.

• Spices.

  Some salt & pepper that’s it.