Ems Sweet Spicy Black Beans With Bacon Food

BLACK BEANS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Place beans in a pressure cooker with enough water to cover, and soak 12 hours, or overnight.
• Add 2 1/2 quarts water to the beans, or enough to fill pressure cooker about 2/3 full. Cover, and cook 30 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat, and saute the garlic and onion until tender. Stir in the tomato and carrot. Cook about 5 minutes, and mix in the bacon. Cook and stir until bacon is crisp and evenly browned.
• Mix the vegetable and bacon mixture into the pressure cooker with the black beans. Cover, and continue cooking approximately 10 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. Garnish with parsley, and season with salt and pepper to serve.

SPICY BLACK BEANS WITH ONION AND BACON

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in heavy, large saucepan over medium heat until done, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon from the pan onto some paper towels to drain and cool.
• Spoon out all but 2 tablespoons bacon fat from the pan. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add all remaining ingredients.
• Simmer until the bean mixture is thick, stirring frequently, about 12 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Crumble the bacon and stir into the beans (or sprinkle on top of individual servings).

EM'S SWEET & SPICY BLACK BEANS WITH BACON

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cumin, oregano, chili powder, chili flakes (optional), brown sugar, and salt. Set aside.
• Put bacon batons into cold skillet and turn heat on to medium. Bring up to heat and cook bacon until crispy.Remove bacon from pan and set aside.
• Put chopped onion into hot pan. Cook onion in bacon grease until translucent.Add peppers and cook 5 additional minutes.Add garlic and spices. Cook another minute.
• Add drained, rinsed beans to mixture.Add chicken stock and water. Liquid should just cover beans.Use a wooden spatula or spoon to deglaze the bottom of the pan.
• Smash beans with a potato masher or the back of a wooden spoon.
• Reduce bring beans to a simmer, and reduce heat.Cook an additional 5-10 minutes, until spoon leaves a space when dragged through the beans.
• Remove from heat and stir in cilantro and reserve bacon. Season to taste.
• Serve topped with grated cotija and additional chopped cilantro.

ROBIN'S SWEET AND SPICY BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Warm oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion, and cook about 2 minutes; then stir in garlic, and cook until onion is soft and translucent. Stir in tomatoes, cilantro, and sugar. Season with cayenne pepper, chili powder, cumin, and ground cinnamon. Cook for 10 minutes. Stir in black beans, and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer 1 hour or longer.

BACON BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Saute bacon until crisp, then set aside.
• Drain all except 1 T bacon grease.
• Saute onion and jalapeno in remaining bacon grease.
• Add all remaining ingredients except bacon and simmer until beans are hot and tomatoes have reduced a bit.
• Top with bacon pieces.
• If you like more spice you can either leave some seeds in the jalapenos or add a pinch of cayenne pepper.

SWEET AND SPICY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook bacon in dutch oven until crisp. Drain all but 1 T. of fat.
• Add onions and cook until lightly browned.
• Add tomato paste, cook 2 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients, and 4 cups of the water.
• Bring to a boil, cover and transfer to the oven. Bake for 3 hours.
• Stir in the remaining 1 C water and bake 1 more hour until tender but not falling apart.
• Stir in salt.

SWEET AND SPICY BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. Stir in half the onions and bacon. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining onions and bacon. Bake, uncovered, 5-10 minutes longer or until bubbly.

SPICY REFRIED BEANS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Saute bacon on medium-high heat until crisp, remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Set aside.
• Pour off all but 1 tbsp of the bacon drippings and saute the onions, garlic and chili until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Return bacon to pan, add pinto beans, water, lime juice, hot sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes until beans begin to break down.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

SWEET 'N SPICY BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium to high heat, combine all ingredients but the thickener (I use about 1/2 teaspoon arrowroot powder).
• When ingredients have simmered for about 5 minutes, sprinkle in the thickener and stir well; remove saucepan from heat and let the sauce thicken.
• Serve and enjoy!
• Makes 2-4 servings.
• If your store doesn't carry black soy beans you can order them at the Eden website (http://www. edenfoods. com/index. html); they're low in carbs and high in fiber, perfect for diabetic and lowcarb menus, and they taste great, to boot.

SPICY BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook bacon, onions, garlic and peppers in Dutch oven or small stockpot sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 8 to 10 min. or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently. Add cumin; cook and stir 30 sec.
• Add water, beans and bouillon cubes; stir. Bring to boil; simmer on medium-low heat 10 min., stirring occasionally.
• Blend soup, in small batches, in blender until smooth.
• Serve topped with sour cream.