Best Spicy Pinto Bean Soup With Ham Tomatoes And Cilantro Recipes

Hearty

Provided by Mary Lee

Time 2h45m

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 pound bag pinto beans (rinsed and soaked)
1 meaty ham bone
8 cups water (approx)
3 medium red potatoes .. diced about quarter size (cooked seperate ... add to soup before serving)
4 - 5 medium carrots (cut 1 inch length)
1 med-lrg onion diced
2/3 cup celery diced
2 tbs lousiana hot sauce (optional)
1 heaping tbs sugar (optional)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
salt/pepper to taste

Steps:

1. In large soup pot add water and ham bone ... cook until meat can be removed from bone ... when ham is removed from bone add ham back into broth ... add pinto beans and cook on med-high until beans are near tender ... add remaining ingredients (onions, celery, carrots , hot sauce, sugar, garlic powder ,salt/pepper)continue cooking until desired doneness. Add cooked potatoes to soup before serving.
2. Note: you may need to add more water as you go along .. you be the judge of that.

Pinto Bean Soup (Pintos & Ham)... Simply Delicious image

Provided by grantg

Time 3h

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 leftover meaty ham bone (or 2 Ham Hocks)
24 ounces dried pinto beans, sometimes I use 2 to 1 ratio of pintos to white beans
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes (undrained)
1/2 teaspoon extra spicy Mrs. Dash seasoning mix
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt (or less if salt is a concern... still delicious)
1 -2 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
1/2 yellow onion, coarsely chopped (or sliced)
1/2 red onion, coarsely chopped (or sliced)

Steps:

Sort dry beans removing broken beans and any foreign debris. Rinse the beans.
Soak overnight in a large bowl covered by 2-inches of water (slow soak) -or- put in a stock pot covered by 2-inches of water; bring to a boil for 2 minutes; remove from heat and leave covered for 1-hour (quick soak).
Drain and rinse the beans. Return to a stock pot covered by 1-inch of water.
Add all the remaining ingredients except for the ham bone; stir to mix well.
Nestle the ham bone into the bed of beans, cover and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to a low simmer for about 3 hours,occasionally stirring gently in the beans under the hambone -or- until the beans are tender.
Carefully lift the ham bone (or hocks) from the soup and place on a board so the lean meat can be cleaned from the bones. Return the lean meat to the soup. Discard the bones.
Enjoy with hot cornbread!
Freezes well.