Texmexpintobeans Recipes

PINTO BEANS WITH MEXICAN-STYLE SEASONINGS

Steps:

• Place pinto beans into a large pot and pour in enough water to cover by 2 to 3 inches. Let beans soak overnight.
• Drain beans, return to pot, and pour in fresh water to cover; add diced tomatoes, bacon, onion, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 3 hours.
• Stir cilantro and salt into bean mixture; simmer until beans are soft, about 1 more hour.

TEX MEX PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight covered w/ water. In the morning, drain off the water.
• Mix all ingredients together in pot, cover with water by about 1 inch and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, turn to low and let cook all day or until beans are tender.
• Check and stir often, adding water as necessary.
• You can split between two crockpots and cook on high 6-7 hours or on low all day. Be warned that the juices will not be as thick as if you cooked it on the stove.

MEXICAN-STYLE PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Place pinto beans in a large pot and pour in enough water to cover by 2 inches. Add tomatoes with juice, onion, jalapeno pepper, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 3 hours.
• Stir in cilantro, salt, and pepper. Continue to simmer until beans are soft, about 1 more hour. Taste the liquid and add more of any of the spices you feel will make it taste better.

TEX-MEX PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Wash and clean the beans, then bring them to a boil in 4 cups of water.
• Cook them for 2 minutes, remove from the stove, cover and let them sit for an hour.
• In a skillet, toast the cumin and chile powder over a medium high heat until they become fragrant (takes seconds).
• Put the spices aside and rinse the skillet.
• Cook the bacon in the skillet, saving the fat.
• Remove the bacon and add the onions and garlic, and saute them for a minute.
• Seed and chop the tomatoes and chop the bacon.
• When the beans have soaked an hour, drain them, and add 8 cups of fresh water and all the other ingredients, except the salt.
• Bring the beans to a boil, cover, cut the heat to low, and simmer them for about an hour.
• Remove the lid and check to see there's enough water, which should be about an inch above the beans and stay that way, then add the salt.
• Add more water if necessary.
• Start checking the beans every 15 minutes for doneness.
• To thicken the liquid, reduce it by cooking longer, or mash some of the beans.

TEX-MEX PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients in 3 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting 7 to 9 hours or until beans are tender.