Puerto Rican Style Black Beans for Pressure Canning

These beans are so full of flavor and ready when you are! Use them for a side dish or the main event! These beans are pure comfort food and feed a crowd for just pennies.

Puerto Rican Style Black Beans for Pressure Canning

4 from 15 votes
Recipe by Jeni Gough
Prep time

24

hours 
Processing time

1

hour 

30

minutes
Processing time

75

minutes for pints

Yields 7 quarts or 14 pints

Ingredients

  • 3 lbs 3 Black beans, sorted, rinsed and soaked overnight

  • 2 2 Onions, chopped

  • 14 cloves 14 Garlic, minced

  • 7 tbsp 7 Sofrito (see my easy sofrito recipe at the bottom)

  • 7 tsp 7 Mexican oregano

  • 3 1/2 tsp 3 1/2 Ground cumin

  • 2 2 Bay leaves

  • Boiling water

Directions

  • Wash jars, lids and rings in hot soapy water. Prepare pressure canner as per canner instructions and fill with water. Bring to a low simmer.
  • Drain and rinse soaked beans.
  • Fill each jar halfway full of beans and divide onions evenly among the jars. To each jar add: 1/4 bay leaf, 1 tablespoon of sofrito, 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano, 1/2 teaspoon cumin and 2 cloves of minced garlic. Pour boiling water into jars filling to 1 inch headspace. De-bubble (adding more water if needed to keep 1 inch headspace), wipe rims, add lids and screw bands to fingertip tight. Place jars in simmering pressure canner.
  • Process quarts for 90 minutes and pints for 75 minutes.

Recipe Video

Notes

  • To use, just heat up and pour over rice! Serve with topping such as cheese, sour cream, fresh cilantro, jalapeƱos, limes, chopped onions, tomatoes, avocados, hot sauce……endless possibilities!
My Easy Sofrito Recipe

2 Comments

  1. Hey Jeni, I made this recipe today and as I was reading the directions I noticed an omission. While the ingredients list shows chopped onions, the directions do not. I watched the video first so I knew when to add them. Great canning recipe for food on the shelf. Andi

  2. OMG, Made these beans and they are the BESTEST ever. I couldn’t believe the flavors that come thru in the process, they are all there. I ever froze the extra Sofrito in ice cube trays like you suggested and today I added one to my home canned chicken soup. . . . A+++++