How do I cook these bad boys? Do I need to cook them...

How do I cook these bad boys? Do I need to cook them? I have never done canned beans before and they have no instructions.

Canned food never has to be cooked. It is cooked and sterile.

drain and rinse
simmer with some water and tomato paste and spices. Eat with bread, chips, pretzels, whatever.

Any canned food is already cooked. That's why it doesn't rot inside the can. Cooking is part of the canning process.

All you need to do is open the can and you can to town. I'd suggest heating them up and adding some seasoning to make them more tasty though.

Cook up some Caribbean-style yellow rice (using onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic, paprika, annato, chicken stock, and olives). Open up the can of beans, rinse 'em, and mix 'em with the cooked rice. Throw in some bacon or Spanish chorizo if you happen to have that, too.

I just fried some onions, garlic, jalapeno and bell pepper and threw in the beans at the end and served over rice.

Tastes fine to me.

Do you really need to do that?

I just heat them up in the bean juice and eat them with rice.

The rice soaks up the bean juice.

They're fine out of the can, but it doesn't take much to make them better. Fry some diced bell pepper in a little oil until it's soft. Add beans and a little powdered adobo and maybe a a splash of white vinegar. If you don't have adobo you can use a mix of onion powder, garlic powder and a little oregano, or just fry a little onion and garlic with the pepper, then add the beans to that with a pinch of oregano and maybe a little vinegar.

>and rinse

no

Your instincts were spot on. If you want a black bean dish that will blow your mind look up Brazilian feijoada.