Best Texas Pinto Beans Recipes

TERRY'S TEXAS PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Place the pinto beans in a large pot, and pour in the chicken broth. Stir in onion, jalapeno, garlic, salsa, cumin, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and continue cooking 2 hours, stirring often, until beans are tender. Add water as needed to keep the beans moist.

TEXAS PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water 2 inches above beans.
• Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute; cover, remove from heat and let stand 1 hour; drain.
• Bring beans, 4 1/2 cups water, and next 4 ingredients to a boil in a Dutch oven.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 hour and 30 minutes or until tender.
• Add tomato and jalapeno pepper, and simmer mixture for 30 more minutes.

EASY TEXAS PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet or saucepan, saute onion and cilantro in oil until tender.
• Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer.
• Stir in the beans, salsa, and cumin; heat through.
• If desired, top warm beans with cheese and sour cream.

TEXAS PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Place beans in a dutch oven,add water 2 inches above beans.
• Bring to a boil.
• Boil 1 minute, cover and remove from heat.
• Let stand 1 hour.
• Drain.
• Bring beans and 4 2/3 cups water and next 4 ingredients to a boil in the dutch oven.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until tender.
• Add tomato and jalapeno pepper and simmer mixture for 30 more minutes.

TEXAS-STYLE CHILI WITH PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Soak the beans in water for 12 hours or up to 1 day, changing water every 8 hours. Drain and place in a saucepan with 2 quarts fresh water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to moderately high and cook for 55 minutes to 1 hour or until the beans are tender but not mushy. Drain and season with salt. Set aside until needed. Cover the chilies in boiling water and soak for 4 to 6 hours or until they are soft and pliable. Remove the seeds and stems and using a bit of the soaking liquid, puree in a blender until smooth. Reserve 1 cup of the soaking liquid for the coffee. Set aside until needed. In a large saucepan, cook the bacon until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Discard all but 1/4 cup of the bacon fat. Coarsely chop the bacon and add to the beans. if using. Cook the onion, garlic and jalapeno peppers in the remaining bacon fat over moderate heat for 10 minutes, stirring from time to time. Add the meat and spices and cook over high heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the coffee, beef broth, and the reserved pureed chilies and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to moderately low, and cook for 1 hour to 1 1.2 hours, stirring from time to time. When the meat is tender, add the beans (if using) and the bacon; mix gently. Cook for 15 minutes, season with pepper and more salt if needed, and serve with garnish. May be refrigerated for 3 - 5 days and re-heated.

TEXAS ONE EYE JACK'S PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Use a 5 quart pot. Clean the pinto beans, add to pot and cover with water (2 inches).
• Add onions, garlic, bacon (whole), ham (quartered or chunks) and Williams spice. Bring to rolling boil, cover and simmer for one hour.
• Remove ham, bacon, and garlic, Skim off the fat, I use a square ladle, excellent for this (google square ladle).
• In a food processor chop the ham, bacon and garlic fine returning it to the bean pot after it's chopped. Cook uncovered until you get the bean texture you like, stirring from time to time.
• You can serve the beans by itself, or put a little rice in the bottom of the bowl. ( I don't go for the rice, but my wife does). Serve with warm buttered corn tortillas.

BIG POT OF PORKY PINTO BEANS - TEXAS STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Rinse and sort your beans
• 2. First soak the beans. You can either cover the beans with one inch of water and soak overnight or bring water to a boil, remove from heat and cover for one hour.
• 3. Drain the beans and cover with seven cups of fresh water.
• 4. Add to the pot the garlic, onion, jalapeno juice and salt pork.
• 5. Bring pot to a boil and then cover and reduce heat to a simmer, stir occasionally.
• 6. After about an hour, beans should be tender enough to eat (depending on the freshness of the beans). If not tender enough, continue cooking, checking on the beans every 15 minutes until desired texture.
• 7. Remove salt pork and serve.

TEXAS STYLE PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Dissolve 1.5 tbsp salt in 2 qts water and soak for at least 8 hours. Drain and rinse
• Combine 12 cups water, ham hock, beans and 1 tsp salt in dutch oven. Bring to boil and then simmer for 1.5 hours or until tender, skimming any foam.

TERRY'S TEXAS PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• Place the pinto beans in a large pot, and pour in the chicken broth. Stir in onion, jalapeno, garlic, salsa, cumin, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and continue cooking 2 hours, stirring often, until beans are tender. Add water as needed to keep the beans moist.

TERRY'S TEXAS PINTO BEANS

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS Place the pinto beans in a large pot, and pour in the chicken broth. Stir in onion, jalapeno, garlic, salsa, cumin, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and continue cooking 2 hours, stirring often, until beans are tender. Add water as needed to keep the beans moist.