Frijoles Negros (meaning literally, "black beans") is a nutritious Cuban dish made with black beans. Black beans, a legume in the kidney bean family, are usually purchased in either canned or dried form. 1 cup of dried black beans yields approximately 2 1/2 cups of cooked beans. Black bean soup (sopa de frijoles negros) is another commonly prepared Cuban favorite. Black bean can mean: The black turtle bean, a small, black variety of the common bean especially popular in Latin American cuisine Douchi, a kind of fermented soybean especially popular in the cuisine of China The black gram Any black-colored variety of bean; beans which include black-colored varieties... Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume Pea pods The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants, whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ... Dry kidney beans The kidney bean is a medium-sized variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) with dark red skin. ...

Nutritional Information: Black beans are high in folate (256 mcg), iron (3.61 mg), magnesium (120 mg), and phosphorus (241 mg); they are also a source of zinc (1.92 mg), niacin (2 mg) and thiamine (.42mg) - based on 1 cup portion size.

External links

• Detailed Nutrition Information for Black Beans
• A recipe for Frijoles Negros
• A recipe for Black Bean Soup