Gaye Levy
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With the Fall weather comes the desire for some rib-sticking food. And what better to fill our bellies on chilly evenings than an bowl of pinto beans?
Personally, I find it easiest to pre-soak my beans during the day then cook them overnight. When I wake up the next morning, the house smells wonderful and I have a meal ready to go for later that day plus a lot of leftovers. Add some rice, some cheese and some hot sauce and oh boy! Good stuff!
So what brought this on? I made up a big pot of beans yesterday and plan to dive in tonight. Enjoy.
RESPECT FOR THE LOWLY PINTO BEAN
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6 Responses to “Cheap But Good! How to Cook Pinto Beans”
Pinto Beans are a staple in this household. I buy them in bulk, 50# at a time. They last only 6 months.
I make them simple. Just 1/2 c onion soup powder (which I also buy in bulk), 2 cups beans, 1 large onion coarsely chopped and 8 cups water. I cook that in a pressure cooker for 1 hour 15 minutes. Very tender beans come out.
Pinto beans aren’t only a major component in my WROL plans, but it is also a favorite meal now.
Nancy – I did not know that onion soup powder was available in bulk.
Do you know pressure cooking kills lots of good things in beans. I read once that is a good way to slowly kill your husband. Feed him pressure cooked food all the time. I don’t know. Just read it once some place.
Wrap some more tinfoil around your head.
That will quiet the voices that are telling you crazy things.
Yep, goes good with the bacon we’ve canned. Life without bacon n, beans, NOT GOOD.
I’ve always enjoyed a big bowl of pinto beans and pan of cornbread! We had them so often when growing up that we just call them beans -any others we called by name – white beans, navy beans, etc
Enjoy your meal – and I think I’ll also put on a pot of them!