Recipe - Vegetarian Black Beans

2 tablespoon Oil
2 Celery stalks
1 Onion; minced
4 Garlic cloves; minced
2 Green bell peppers; chopped
2 pound Dried black beans
Water
1 Bay leaf
3 small Dried morita chiles
(or 2 large dried chipotle
chiles)
2 teaspoon Salt
Vinegarbased hot sauce
Three fourths pound Crumbled cotija cheese;
optional
1 bn Minced cilantro; optional

Heat oil in bottom of large heavy sauce pot or Dutch oven. Add celery and
onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and bell
peppers and cook until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add black beans and 8
cups water. Tuck in bay leaf and chiles and stir in salt. Bring to simmer
over mediumhigh heat, cover and reduce heat to just maintain simmer. Cook,
stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary, until beans are
cooked through, about 2 One half hours. Season to taste with salt and
vinegarbased hot sauce, and serve beans in deep bowls with cheese,
cilantro and hot sauce passed separately as garnishes. Yields 12 to 14