Mexican Pinto Beans Food

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.

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.

MEXICAN PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Place the beans in a large pot with enough water to cover by 3 to 4 inches, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat, and let sit 1 hour. Drain water. Pour in enough fresh water to cover beans by 3 to 4 inches, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 1 hour.
• Place bacon in a skillet, and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Crumble bacon, and transfer, along with grease, to the pot with the beans. Continue to cook beans on low heat for 30 minutes.
• Place the whole chile peppers into the pot, and continue cooking beans 1 hour, or until tender.

PERFECT PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Put the beans in a large bowl, cover with cold water and let soak overnight.
• Drain and rinse the beans, then put them in a large pot. Cover the beans with water and add the chili powder, cumin, paprika, cayenne, bacon, garlic, bay leaves, onion, bell pepper and some salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and cook until the beans are tender, 2 to 3 1/2 hours.

FRIJOLES (MEXICAN STYLE PINTO BEANS)

Steps:

• Soak beans according to package directions; drain.
• Heat oil in stock pot or dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add salt pork; cook 2 minutes, until browned.
• Reduce heat to medium; add onions and chile and cook 4 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
• Add drained beans, water and cumin seed.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
• Add salt and continue to cook 25 to 35 minutes more, until tender.
• (Can be made ahead. Cool. Transfer to large microwaveproof container. Cover and refrigerate overnight. To reheat: Microwave on high 10 minutes, stirring once after 5 minutes, until heated through.) Makes 7 cups.
• Refries Beans (frijoles refritos):.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil or lard in large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add 1/2 cup finely chopped onion and cook 2 to 3 minutes, until browned.
• Add 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic and cook 30 seconds.
• Add 2 cups cooked beans and 1/3 to 1/2 cup bean liquid to skilet.
• (Or, microwave 2 cups refrigerated beans and 1/3 to 1/2 cup bean liquid on High, 2 to 3 minutes, until room temperature, and add to skillet).
• Mash beans and liquid coarsely with back of wooden spoon or potato masher.
• Cook 1 to 2 minutes more, untilheated through, addingmore bean liquid or water if needed.
• Transfer beans to a food processor.
• Process just until smooth.
• Makes 2 cups (4 servings).

MEXICAN PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on high 2 hours.

MEXICAN BEANS- PINTO

Steps:

• 1. First, and most importantly, spread your beans out on a clean, dry surface. You need to sort the beans, removing and discarding any broken pieces, rocks, or shriveled beans. Obviously, anything that isn't a bean, as well ;)
• 2. Place the beans in the pot of the pressure cooker, fill 1/2 full with warm water, and WASH the beans. Not with soap, but with your hands. Really scrub them together, like you mean it. You don't want to be eating the dirt in which they were grown do you? (Just for fun, dump the water into a container so you can see how much dirt you got off. You will be amazed!) Uck!
• 3. For a quick soak: add enough water to cover the beans by ~ 4". Place the pot on the stove over high heat, bring it to the boil for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and cover for 1 hour. Continue with step 5.
• 4. Over night soak: add enough water to cover the beans by ~ 4". Cover, and allow to sit, overnight, unrefridgerated. In the morning, continue with step 6.
• 5. After one hour, dump all of the soaking water, refill with water to cover the beans by 1" only. Add oil, onion, and salt; bring to the boil. Follow manufacturers guidelines on how long to cook your beans. (I have a Kuhn-Rikon Duromatic 5 qt. and have never, ever, been afraid while using it. In my research, it was the safest I could find on the market at the time of purchase three years ago.) With mine, at this point, I cover with the pressure lid, wait for the pressure to rise,(takes ~ 4 minutes), visualize the second red ring, turn the heat to absolute low, and allow to cook 20-25 minutes. At that time, turn off the heat and allow the pressure to reduce naturally. This usually takes 10 minutes or so.
• 6. For overnight soak: In the morning, dump the water, and refill pot to 2" above beans. Bring to the boil over high heat, add the oil, onion, and salt, cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until soft- usually 3-4 hours. Check beans every 30 minutes, or so, and add water to keep the beans submerged. When soft, they are done. Enjoy.
• 7. Serve these in the broth they form, adding rice, or meat, crumbly cheese, an egg; whatever your imagination tells you. However, drain, and store, the broth separately from the beans, as they will last longer in the fridge this way. These freeze really well, also. Hope you'll give these a try. They are wonderful.

MEXICAN PINTO BEAN DIP

Steps:

• Puree the beans to a coarse paste in a blender or food processor or mash by hand.
• Place the bean paste in a sauce pan with the water and heat.
• Mix in all the other ingredients, blending well, and simmer until the cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
• Put in chafing dish and serve hot.
• SUGGESTED DIPPERS: Tortilla Chips, Black Cocktail Rye Bread, Bell Peppers, Celery, Monterey Jack Cheese Cubes or Sticks.