Casamiento

Ingredients

 * 1 pound dried black beans
 * 1 medium onion
 * 2 garlic cloves (whole)
 * 1 cup chicken broth
 * 11/2 cup white rice
 * salt and pepper (to taste)
 * herbs (thyme, oregano, marjoram, chives...)

Directions

 * 1) Make sure no stone or dirt remain in the beans; rinse them well, and cook them with water, one or two cloves of garlic and half an onion. When it boils, decrease the heat and simmer for one and a half hour, checking regularly so that beans always remain covered with water.
 * 2) Heat the oil over medium heat in a large heavy pan. Add the rest of the onion (chopped) and the rice; cook until rice becomes transparent (2 to 3 minutes).
 * 3) Add 1 cup of black bean soup (both beans and liquid), and stir delicately, avoiding to crush the beans.
 * 4) Add the broth, and the bean soup so that the rice absorbs the liquid, still stirring from time to time.
 * 5) Repeat the process until rice is cooked.
 * 6) Serve immediately, as suggested above.