Teach me to make pinto beans

[marini martini]

Hmm. Mine never get black. Unless I use black beans. Mine always come out creamed coffee looking. Maybe it's the amount of water you add. Who knows but bean color has never been an issue with me.

Mine have never gotten black either, not that there's any thing wrong with that. I love my beans any color shape or form.

Mr. Martini's favorite dish (besides me ) is a bowl of pintos with cornbread. Yummmm. Dang I wish it was winter.

[PM5K]

I'm going to go with CC's recipe, just because it sounds like what I had in mind, but I'll probably also try something a lot more simple next time.

[I. Hustle]

If you want to make them the ghey way make sure you use rotel. It adds a hint of giness

[Viva Las Espuelas]

If you want to make them the ghey way make sure you use rotel. It adds a hint of giness

yeah. i'm not a fan of opening cans when cooking unless it's a can of diced Cento's or any Cento's for that matter. fresh is better and waaaaaaaaaaaay tastier. plus there's more love in the cookin'

[Viva Las Espuelas]

........ a bowl of pintos with cornbread.

and shredded sharp cheddar cheese and some dashes of Louisiana habanero hot sauce. mmmmmmmmmm. screw that winter mess wait.

[marini martini]

and shredded sharp cheddar cheese and some dashes of Louisiana habanero hot sauce. mmmmmmmmmm. screw that winter mess wait.

WTH is Centos???

[Viva Las Espuelas]

WTH is Centos???

amateur.

[marini martini]

racist!

[Viva Las Espuelas]

racist!

that's mighty white of you.

[PM5K]

So the problem I'm having is that the beans are soft on the inside, but the outside seems to still be kinda chewy. I don't know if I need to soak them or what. I know I don't need to cook them any longer because I already cooked them for about six hours, plus the inside is soft so...

[admiralsnackbar]

start by washing the beans. then remove any rock looking beans. most bags of beans nowadays gets rid of most of them.

put your beans in a pot and fill the pot with water. almost to the top but leave a little room that it doesnt spill over. any floating beans i would remove.

turn pot on meduim heat and add your Pork fat. it could be bacon, or those salted pork things. i just add bacon because i have it in my fridge. maybe about 3-4 slices. Ive never really measured the amount of salt and pepper i put in but if i had to guess it would be a 2 tablespoons(depends how much salty pork u put in.) and 1 tablespoon pepper. and 2 Teaspoons of garlic powder.

just cook over the medium heat for a couple of hours until beans are nice in soft. Stir occasionally. always add water when needed until beans are ready. make sure you keep them covered in water. they'll be oh so good when ready

You left out the soak

[Sportcamper]

If you did not cook the beans with a couple ham hocks, onion & brandy, well you just did it wrong that’s all…

[CosmicCowboy]

If you want to make them the ghey way make sure you use rotel. It adds a hint of giness

Technically I use Hatch brand but more people know what Rotel is. And giness because I use canned stuff? WTF? It tastes great...no reason to make cooking more difficult than it has to be.

[I. Hustle]

Not because it's canned. I just think it;s funny how you people insist on tossing in uneccessary stuff. Hatch/Rotel = weaksauce

[CosmicCowboy]

Not because it's canned. I just think it;s funny how you people insist on tossing in uneccessary stuff. Hatch/Rotel = weaksauce

"You people"????????????



Just boil your beans in water then. I really don't give a how you cook your weakass beans.

I didn't notice you posting your recipe.

[SpursWoman]

"You people"


lol

[Tod Pricket]

Lol!!! "You People"!!!

[Sportcamper]

What’s worse is that “You People” assume that peoples outside of San Antonio would know what Rotel is…

[CuckingFunt]

What’s worse is that “You People” assume that peoples outside of San Antonio would know what Rotel is…

Rotel is not unique to San Antonio.

[Sportcamper]

Never seen Rotel in So Cal markets...

http://www.texmex.net/Rotel/main.htm

[PuttPutt]

Well, they have Rotel in the grocery stores in Central WA. They're bound to have it in Cali.

[CosmicCowboy]

So the problem I'm having is that the beans are soft on the inside, but the outside seems to still be kinda chewy. I don't know if I need to soak them or what. I know I don't need to cook them any longer because I already cooked them for about six hours, plus the inside is soft so...

Personally I like the beans to have a little "bite" to them and not be too soft. I don't like presoaking beans because they just turn into mush on the reheat.

Other than that, how did your beans turn out?

[PM5K]

Flavor wise they were good, but a little y for my taste. I tried them again with mild Rotel and that helped.

[leemajors]

Hatch diced tomato and green chile >>>>>>> Rotel

[I. Hustle]

by you people i meant s