Frijoles Negros from Mighty Spice Cookbook by John Gregory-Smith

Ingredients

• 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup black beans
• 10 black peppercorns
• 1 green chilli, slit open at the bottom
• 2 red onions, 1 quartered and 1 finely chopped
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped
• 1 red jalapeño chilli, deseeded and roughly chopped
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 6 garlic cloves, 4 whole and 2 sliced
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 large handfuls coriander leaves, finely chopped
• juice of 1 lime
• tortilla chips, to serve