my GO-TO evening meal, is more humble than you think

[@gazoakleychef]

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[@emeliekarlsson5859]

@@gazoakleychef the book is very good btw😋🥰

[@georgianakunz3908]

Done! I've already got the Vegan Christmas a few years back and I love it! You do such an amazing job and put it so beautiful and artistic in this videos! It's a absolut plasure to watch them! People should study from you how to make cooking videous! 🙏🥰

[@juliagad]

Ordered thank you. Well done Mum! You must be very proud of your lovely boy 😊

[@hazel.hunter]

I have a copy not signed :(

[@kittymi4842]

Link your land 🙏!?!!!

[@juliac6309]

Your videos have the perfect combination of cooking and gardening and make my heart so happy! I always get so excited when I see a new video ❤

[@gazoakleychef]

Thank you so much! Loads more to come over the next few weeks

[@jaycee157]

Agree @juliac6309. I love his garden . so so.inspiring to cook with a garden like his.

[@TheQuietMidden]

Beans, rice, kale, avocado, sweet potato and cauliflower and/or broccoli is my go-to breakfast/lunch and often dinner, too. Can't be beat.

[@mpaixaao]

this could easily be a Brazilian “feijoada” 🇧🇷💖 having grown up in Brazil eating rice and beans every day, it just makes my heart so warm to watch this!

[@utubedosal]

A trick I learned from my grandma: if you cook the beans with fat or salt, the husk gets too firm. For even more creamy beans, cook them first in just water, then do the sofrito, combine and let it simmer for 5 to 10 min for the flavours to really get to know each other

[@patisserie1524]

That is just the way to do it 🤩

[@usa2342]

So you add sofritto at the end of cooking beans?

[@utubedosal]

@@usa2342 yeah, but mix about a laddle of beans an with the sofrito in a separate pan and simmer for a couple minutes while smothering the beans. This way you create kind of a thick bean gravy/slurry, then mix it with the rest of the beans in your main pan to thicken the stew

[@usa2342]

@@utubedosal thanks

[@Blood0range]

as a Cuban, my family never used pork in anything for religious reasons, and it never diminished taste. The spices stand up on their own.

[@rlae2006]

Exactly. I'm vegetarian and even when I go to Cuban restaurants they don't cook the beans with meat.

[@nyanuwu4209]

diminish: make or become less Minus pork, it is now less flavor than it would have been with pork. Worse off? No. Diminished? Yes.

[@tvtalkwithavi]

As someone of partial Cuban Descent, agreed. We're Jewish lol

[@desireefox929]

Are you Adventist? I am. I don't eat pork. But this is a wonderful meal without meat all together.

[@Blood0range]

@@desireefox929 my family is yes. i’m not but i enjoyed all the food ☺️

[@monicatoro2286]

I'm from Colombia and our national dish is also beans, rice, plantain and avocado. I honestly could eat that every day of my life. We also add pico de gallo (onion, tomato, lime and cilantro salad) and it gives it another dimension. And it's also so extremely healthy!

[@monicatoro2286]

Also Gaz, what you missed for the beans was just some tomato paste and hogao (a kind of sofrito made with green onions, tomatoes and garlic). That's what gives it it the traditional flavour. No need of animal products at all. Hope you try it next time!

[@TJ-kz1ul]

this all sounds so good!!!!

[@heyyourebrave]

Yessssss so good! 🎉

[@cola109]

Love this!!

[@richardwhitehouse8762]

Hi Gaz Just found (and subscribed) to your channel. Thank you KZbin I am a 63 yo man who has just re-discovered pulses...20 years ago I lived on them, mostly out of financial necessity and partly out of a philosophical failure to see why we should grow perfectly good crops only to feed them to animals which we then eat. Anyway, time passes, habits change and now I find myself back at square one, looking to get fitter again and realising that non-meat protein is the way forward (along with exercise, saunas, cold showers, reduced use of electronic devices. oh and no sugar...). I had already started doing batch cooking for the freezer so that I have different pulse-based things to microwave for lunch. This morning I got up early to try making this black bean stew. What I found revelatory is that I've always soaked and then boiled the beans separately, before adding to the dish. It never occurred to me to cook them with the flavour enhancing ingredients. Bloody delicious. Thank you so much. Great vids, btw.

[@lilasday1797]

"is there anything better than just beans and rice?" yes, beans, rice and plantains!

[@loretta9478]

Beans, rice, a happy chef, freshly grown vegetables from your garden, great music to compliment the theme, and happy birds singing along = 💚

[@fishbone9159]

I love that you don't have any plastic in your kitchen! That's my goal too!

[@HappiestVeganonEarth]

My grandma is from Cuba and she would make us this meal all the time when we were kids! She grew up in Morón, Cuba and came to California in the 60s. Her black beans and plátanos maduros fritos were the best 😋

[@lockedvegan]

👀 spice drawer organization is next level! kinda deserves it's own video...

[@gazoakleychef]

Check my kitchen tour video 😀

[@fcdl5688]

For us Indians, the staple beans and rice dish that everyone loves is rajma chawal. Canned beans aren’t a thing here for most part, so we reduce the cooking time by soaking them overnight and then boiling them in pressure cooker. A pressure cooker is standard in most our houses. It cooks the beans in 25-30 mins. Similarly it reduces cooking time of most things by 30-50%. (Boiling potatoes, cooking lentils etc). The hack I use from a known Indian chef if I forgot to soak them overnight is to put them in the soaking water on gas and bring the water to a boil. Then cover it and turn the heat off and let it soak for almost two hours. This isn’t as efficient as overnight but cuts down cooking time by a lot.

[@dhanumathi]

Hot water in a casserole/hot pack also helps more than just a kadai/container. Applies to all pulses. #dhanumathi #தனுமதி 2024 Nov 8, 15.32 hrs

[@oliesbw]

I never had any luck with basil. Until this year. I tried the buy one over packed pot of basil from the supermarket. i soaked it, split it into more than 20 pots gave half away and now have so much basil we have homemade pesto weekly . certainly the way for me to make it work for me.

[@jmk1962]

Good tip.

[@Vegancutie]

I eat beans almost every day. Today, I made lubia (afghan kidney bean stew) and rice. A complete and filling comfort food.

[@ecvjonathan]

you can also pressure cook the beans for around 30 minutes with all the spices included - I always do it for our "feijoada" in brazil and it tastes amazing ✨

[@alexavasquez1992]

I'm Nicaraguan. My husband is British. We eat beans every day with just about every meal. Huevos rancheros with refried black beans is insanely delicious

[@miseentrope]

Sounds good; I'll try eggplant/aubergine rancheros with black beans. Thanks for the inspo!

[@alessadsouza]

Black beans ❤. As a Brazilian, beans are part of our daily meals. Black, brown, white beans... We love all of them 😅

[@Halonablack]

I love a man who appreciates fresh wholesome food. ❤

[@ocelotcat]

Oh Gaz, this is pure comfort food.....thanks so much for sharing 🙏💕 I love hearing the birds singing in your yard...❤

[@daggertoothgrimes]

I grew up on beans and rice 🇲🇽 I'm half Mexican half Welsh :) your version looks delicious 💕

[@gazoakleychef]

Oh Mexican & Welsh!!! Beautiful combination right there ❤️❤️ two places that have my heart

[@daggertoothgrimes]

@@gazoakleychef 🥰

[@JoRuas]

Being born in Brazil, I grew up on rice and beans too. We always have these two ingredients for lunch and dinner along with other foods. There are a few varieties of beans that I miss a lot and couldn't never find them in Europe 😭 People from Minas Gerais living abroad will know exactly what I mean.

[@CelticPurl]

Having lived in SoFlo for many, many years I’ve grown to love Cuban food. Black beans, rice and plantins make the perfect meal. Yum 😋. Oh, forgot to add, the real Cubans always add a dash of vinegar atop the beans and rice before eating and it just adds a little kick to tickle the taste buds.

[@marvalambey8075]

Gaz, You need to grow Cilantro. It's the best to add to beans when cooking. You know what is the best...add fresh grounded peppercorns. Your beans will be the best. I love black beans too. Love your garden and videos. Thanks letting us into your life. Lo

[@melisamitchell1413]

Coriander IS cilantro.....different cultures call the plant cilantro and the seeds coriander. Some cultures call the whole thing (like Gaz) coriander. Same plant, different name.

[@emilyb6166]

Gaz you are quickly becoming one of my comfort channels 🤗 You have such a sweet soul and your cinematography, music, and drool worthy food perfectly blend to serve the most delicious videos!!

[@lorenzteunen]

So happy we get so much great content these days ❤

[@gazoakleychef]

Appreciate you 👌

[@Trappedintheattic]

ahhhh the pickled rhubarb and wild garlic- INCREDIBLE.

[@junemorkin6336]

How do you keep clean while cooking and gardening? I find that more amazing than your incredible cooking!

[@blmcremm]

As a Brazilian, I can guarantee there’s nothing better than rice and beans! It’s staple food for us, and I mean it, we eat it in every lunch and dinner! Go to ANY restaurant in Brazil, there will always be rice and beans! ❤

[@rosacastro505]

I went to Cuba about 3 years ago. Sadly, there are some serious limits which make what we ate not quite what I expected. My introduction to Cuban food was in NYC and in Florida, places where food is in abundance and often allows cooks to truly embellish their meals even more than in Cuba. I typically make Spanish, mostly Dominican and Puerto Rican. I learned to make beans from my dad's stepmom. Her beans are the best I have ever and I mean ever eaten. One trick she taught me was to take half of the amount of beans you boil until tender and press them until they are creamy. I don't ever use meat to flavor my beans, But here it goes ingredients 1. whole dry beans. (black, pinto, red, pink, white,etc) 2. 2 small onions. *Keep one whole and chop the other 3. 4-6 garlic cloves (depends on how garlicky you enjoy). keep two whole and chop the rest 4. A few stems of fresh cilantro. (for the boiling water) 5. a little salt for the water 6. 1 1/2 tablespoons of olive olive oil 7 tomato paste 8 1 can tomato sauce 9. 1 tablespoon of adobo or sofrito (whatever you prefer or both_ Steps 1. let beans sit overnight in water. 2. The next day, boil your beans with some salt, a little olive oil, a whole small yellow onion, half a green pepper, cilantro, 2 cloves of garlic, and 1/2 tablespoons of oil, *remember everything can be modified to your preference. 3. You let everything boil together until the beans are super tender which can take 1 hour to 90 minutes. (I recommend an instant pot, makes life easier) 4. Remove the overcooked onions, garlic, and green pepper from the water. 5. Next remove your tender soft beans from the pot and place them in a bowl, while setting the liquid to the side 6. Take half the amount of your beans and mash them into a creamy texture, you can use some of the leftover water as well. 7. You take a clean pot, add some olive oil )or whatever oil you like 8. add your chopped onions and let them soften a bit for 2 minutes 9 add your chopped garlic and saute for 1 minute 10. add your tomato paste to the onions and garlic 11. add the rest of your whole beans and saute a little 12 add your adobo or sofrito * again a matter of preference 13. add your can of tomato sauce 13 Add the mashed beans and stir until everything is nice and smooth Cook for about 10 to 15 minutes to allow the flavors to dance together.

[@sarahinsf]

@rosacastro505 -- Thank you! I will try! 🙂 Some small questions for you; how much do you use of your dry beans, tomato paste and tomato sauce?

[@elizabethbrzek]

I will try this, thank you!

[@myra8317]

Subscriber for years and the growth and consistency to culinary excellence is astounding. Love your content and your also incredibly Fyne as hell.

[@bluetinsel7099]

Gas, I too could eat black beans and rice daily and I have at times. The black beans are also good as dips and would be delicious with plantain chips. I like the green plantains with a Cuban mojo sauce as well with the black beans. I notice you like Jamaican style sliced plantains and those are good for dipping. For Cuban black beans, I have not seen them do them with pork, but some may although that may be more Brazillian style. Typically when I have had Cuban black beans they never have meat, they are always vegan or vegetarian if they use butter for the veggies before the beans are added, but they are more so on the vegan side. The way you cook them is similar to how most Cuban black beans are cooked, but the soy sauce cuts down on the salt which is good as well. Thanks your your recipe Gaz.😊

[@artinstinct8075]

I am Latina and grew up in Miami. Beans and rice and plantains were a staple in my house and still love them. I look forward to trying your version. Looks delish!

[@donnabrooks1173]

I love all beans and rice. Portuguese, Cuban, Puerto Rican is my absolute favorite. Beans are the greatest sources of protein. They're so many things that can be done with them. They taste great!¡! Love your recipes and videos. Thank you Gaz.

[@thomasbranconier]

I made this 3 x last week! I actually added rice with the beans 20 minutes before finishing for a one-pot meal. so delicious thank you so much for sharing :)

[@kathleenkaar6557]

Hey Gaz, Venezuelan’s are very proud of their black beans too! They call them “caraotas negras” and they are delicious!

[@josianedalcourt6700]

wow I love to see your garden and your chicken being free! thank you for giving them a wonderful life! they get to live in one of the most beautiful garden in the world! LOVE LOVE your kitchen! thank you for all your recipes!!!!!

[@robinpressler3739]

OMG! I just made your recipe for Cuban black beans today and what a pot of deliciousness!!! This recipe will be on repeat, repeat, repeat - thank you!!!

[@claudiaespinoza7356]

Recién te veo desde Chile, amo tu pasión por la cocina y huerta! Loved your respect for food!

[@judyhoomalamalama]

I just made the Cuban beans today . They r wonderful ❤❤ I also cook my beans from scratch . Saves on the environment no cans in the recycle bin 😊

[@mmeade6544]

I've been away a bit - but glad to come back to you Gaz. And, so true, beans and rice so are so comforting. I wish i could leap through the screen and taste your garden fresh version.

[@janicemattox6964]

To create what brings you actually, deep inside your sou!, joy in this life, is to experience how this life was meant to be lived. It allows us to picture in our minds the meaning of the paradise on earth that was in it’s original plan. You, living this experience is certainly rewarded you because of your desire to appreciate and care for all that it takes to keep everything in vibrancy, giving back to it what is being bestowed upon you!! I can certainly imagine from watching you, a glimpse of what our promised future will be like, minus the struggles ❤ No burning of the beans, celery and basil that doesn’t root, and fussy tomatoes!😅😂 nor envy!

[@roger_is_red]

I haven't watched this program for a while. I like the more polished look and cooking homegrown food is great. Jeannine

[@julieowens7095]

Thanks Gaz. I think you may have forgotten to add. The links to the other videos you mentioned.

[@claudiafrasca-jones5006]

was thinking this too!!

[@djamilawilschke7259]

mee too, his editor should be paying more attention :)

[@darlenemacintosh6572]

Im sure they are on his page.All videos.​@@djamilawilschke7259

[@ryanrector3222]

Beans are very underrated

[@gazoakleychef]

Soooo true! So nutrient dense

[@joaofarias6473]

💯💯💯

[@alessadsouza]

Well, I am brazilian and beans are part of our daily meals... We love ❤

[@BofaD.Snuts90210]

Not when I eat them. They become thunder rated.

[@Joylegacy5]

I was just watching this as I was preparing my dinner!….this music!!! lol everyone should listen to the kind of music while cooking! 😂😁😁

[@andreatocknell593]

So laid back and chilled..love it

[@Orangetronic]

gardening and cooking in white trousers and nary a stain in sight. incredible stuff.

[@thesweetprince]

I want your pans, your colander, your mason jars, your kitchen, and your trousers. Beautiful video, sir. I’ve been chronically disappointed in my at-home attempts to make yummy black beans without pork lard. Your umami substitutes have inspired me! Now I gotta start saving up for some of those items… cheers!

[@pinkruby09]

What a great kitchen & garden. The cooked meal also very wholesome & earthy just like it’s surroundings

[@jenniferjerome3789]

I love watching you in the garden and when you get excited to use your veggies for a dish :)

[@willn8664]

I honestly lost 45 lbs just eating beans and rice for a month when I first transitioned over to 100% plantbased. That and sometimes noodles made out of squash. Strangely enough though I never get sick and tired of eating beans and rice.

[@omccann0991]

What season of im a celeb were you on? lol

[@lelaknox]

That's amazing! ❤

[@RxLifestyleVitalism]

I love you & ALL that you share so graciously & generously 🙌

[@gazoakleychef]

Thank you for the support ❤️

[@lizbathory1169]

Delicious salsa you made for those beans. Im from Colombia and been in Cuba, there is a pressure cooker on every house, now you can get the digital one 'instantpot', DON'T KNOW ANY LATINO that will attempt to cook beans in a regular pot, at home I put them in the pressure cooker for 30 min then and other 30 to thicken them, all that after soaking them from the day before, Im not saying dont try it Gaz way, maybe after you can invest in an instantpot :D Good luck and thanks Gaz for that sauce recipe miam!

[@missanndeethomas]

Wow. The edits, lighting, transitions, directing is crazy for a KZbin video. Plus the recipe. Gaz always bringing the best of the best. You just get it. Aesthetic and all!

[@mrs.broccoli4362]

Thanks Gaz, I love your videos, they bring me so much peace within me. Perfect combination of kitchen and garden, my favorites for every free minute. Whenever your videos end, I feel like I'm fresh from vacation or after a meditation.You're amazing. Greetings from Munich

[@ronniesherpalee4150]

Fantastic video, I’m making this for my family today. I’m glad I came across your video. Like your style and vibe. Much love from Ventura California. Thank you.

[@marielouiseweeksb33attitud33]

Had my first taste of wild garlic this year and LOVED it. That looks so delicious.

[@darleenmolinary7692]

I made these beans last night and the flavor was so good. My whole family loved them.

[@gazoakleychef]

Glad you like them!

[@feverishpoptart]

My mom was from Panama so I was raised on beans, rice, and plantains. This is such comfort food for me and it’s been too long since I’ve eaten this. 🖤

[@jaredleemease]

Thank you Gaz. Idealistic and lovely. My favorite is equal parts lentils, brown rice and black wild rice. 🏜🕺🏻🐕🏖

[@Gliterpirate]

I went to Cuba in January. The food insecurity is quite high! Finding traditional Cuban food is very difficult - but when you do find it!! Wow!!! I highly recommend going! The music and food is sensational

[@jmk1962]

I was there in the 90's and food was scarce. Thought things would have improved by now.

[@louise2118]

Such stunning work (cooking and visuals!). After watching this I went downstairs and got some beans on. Thank you for the inspiration!

[@theprimitivista]

Beans, especially black beans, and rice are truly deliciously healthy vegan staples. I actually love how you keep adding things to your dishes, gives me new ideas 🥰

[@helenbrown6527]

I bought dried black beans the other day for their nutrient profile, and I love beans, then reslised I had no idea what to make with them.....but here we are! Thanks.

[@helenmurillo3572]

I make these Cuban bowls once a week. I mix Veganaise, chopped chipotle in adobo sauce & lime juice as my topping sauce. Definitely can't go wrong with beans & rice. I love your garden! Blessings from Mexico

[@KO-D00M]

I swear by Cuban black beans, rice, and plantains! I ate arroz con frijoles negroes with sautéed onions (and, at the time, oxtails), and it never failed!

[@blondelightning6200]

Another fantastic video! Thank you Gaz. On a side note... if you forget to soak your beans overnight, do it in the morning. Go about your day and in the evening cook your beans. 😊

[@paulaw3264]

Love your content ❤❤ Thank you for allowing us to learn how you make this awesome dish.

[@gazoakleychef]

Thanks so much

[@thatgirlthatgrows]

I thought I was the only one that struggled with basil! And I can't find any already sown it in any of my local garden centres! The meal looked beautiful!

[@nsmellowyellow1]

You can often find it in grocery stores in little pots. Gently separate the individual plants and repot or sow outside, and pinch back the tops to get them nice and bushy.

[@thegirlandthebook8422]

Beautiful kitchen, Gaz. I love it so much! the combination of the colours are incredibly amazing.

[@kellyshanahan8139]

Very classy, tasteful and tasty content. So happy to have discovered your channel! Thank you 🇨🇦🍁

[@paulinerenkema4110]

OMG I am in love with that oven! I want one in my kitchen…

[@SloMisha]

So black beans and rice were actually the first dish I managed to prepare from start to finish since I gave birth and it was such a success thst it's my go to now. Will try plantains next time which I never have.

[@reanneera2]

The most beautiful kitchen

[@desireedoan9267]

I'm not sure how often you get to the States, but my favorite place to buy beans is Rancho Gordo they may ship overseas they do all kinds of amazing heirloom beans I'm a person that just didn't like beans that has changed I'm now a bean freak because of all these crazy good strains recently tried eye of the goat seriously so amazing you just need water for some crazy good beans of course there better with onions and garlic and spices and herbs

[@lelaknox]

Rancho Gordo beans are the absolute best!!

[@queentina47able]

I use almost the same ingredients in my black beans but I add some tomatoes and vegan chicken stock it is absolutely delicious with rice and greens.

[@carlagrodriguez2076]

I'm a Boricua (Puerto Rico) and we do red beans, or in my case pink because of the thinner skins, and i was salivating with you when you made this with the plantains. You just needed an avocado. ❤

[@benjaminblackford3495]

Your videos always fill me with excitement, I never throught I'd be so interested in trying Cuban style food until now! 🧡

[@soniahofmann4969]

Next time you're in Miami and you try a Puerto Rican, restaurant instead of having the 'platanos Dulce' try 'tostones' made from the very green plantain twice fried with a drizzle of evoo. yummy 😊😊

[@Frank-w5t]

New fan here! Just subscribed. Absolutely outstanding looking dish. Also your videos are high quality!

[@Flowers4Everyone]

Love beans and rice, so many opportunities to change up the flavor. Still absolutely love the new kitchen💚

[@rintoon2]

oww this recipe is delicious, thanks gaz for choosing alternatives for pork broth

[@gazoakleychef]

No problem! The mushrooms & extra bits add a real richness

[@midnightcat465]

Because of the insta post I’m eating this for 3 days by now, but the Brazilian style 😋

[@gazoakleychef]

I gotta try it

[@lightbright1681]

I'm Brazilian and our staple food is black beans and rice, we eat it almost everyday :)

[@susan6437]

I am from Trinidad & Tobago, now living in Montana, US, and I sure miss having plantain regularly. . Looks delicious..will try out the black bean dish, with a splash of Trini. 😂🌹My Cuban Bros and Sis's will not mind..lol. Been following your channel from the beginning. Thank you.

[@anahi-fireoftheforest]

My favorite comfort food is homemade black beans, white rice, and queso fresco. 😊

[@AuristelaFerrer]

OMG Gaz, this is one of my fav dishes too! I love the sweet and caramelized platanos with the black beans and rice! In Venezuela we add an Arepa and call this dish Pabellón Criollo! Your version looks delicious 🧡

[@skipstewart9376]

I was born and have lived in Florida most all my life, and traveled to Havana a few years ago. I was very surprised at how different it was from what I had been taught for 60 years. The people were very nice but I didn’t see a lot of affluent residents, but they seemed content. That really surprised me. They have a kind of pleasant complacency in their world. That was some thing I took a lesson from. It was a pleasant trip, I don’t see any reason to go back, but I enjoyed the simple lessons the visit taught me.

[@PumaDAce-sg5zv]

For me, the bean stew is getting the real flavor when I reheat it the next day or when it at least sits some hours. Nice Video and all the best!

[@D54812]

you deserve more views! the quality is getting insanely good

[@gazoakleychef]

I know, we will have to stop KZbin soon I think 😫

[@welcomeback2mychannel]

@@gazoakleychef DON'T YOU DARE!

[@yogiyoda]

My Cuban Abuelita used canned black beans, but I agree that homemade is better

[@deborahhagner5508]

Gaz not only sets a style of cooking.....but also a lifestyle ❤..

[@luisaleonardi666]

Your recipes are amazing,full of flavour and so inviting. Thanks Gaz

[@exwhyz9367]

Well done Gaz! You're doing so well...keep it up..👍😊

[@saloshniejagathesan1577]

Soak your legumes overnight. Plenty of water and a table spoon of salt to help the process. Next morning, rinse thoroughly in sieve before boiling. The salt added the night before really shortens the cooking time. Watching from JHB South Africa

[@kalu8628]

This looks sooo delicious! 🌱

[@lizbathory1169]

Colombian pro tip: half way of the cooking prosses, we add diced GREEN plantain to the beans for flavor and for make them thick, green plantain being a big source of iron and potassium.

[@Beloved-of3sk]

Talking my language with my cultural food. Rice, beans and Plantin, with a good amount of hot sauce too 😊

[@dankahorvathova8244]

Hi Gaz. If you put some baking soda or soda bicarbonate to the soaking water your beans will cook so much quicker 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤