I made some very simple and very delicious pinto beans yesterday from Feed Your Family Fast, Healthy Meals on $10 a Day. After rinsing them off a few times, I did not soak them but just cooked longer since I was in and out of the house all day and that suited my schedule better.
I served them as is, like a simple bean soup. Very delicious and about as cheap and delicious as you could hope for! At about 10 servings per pound of beans and a 1.50 for the ham hock, the base price for this is about 30 cents a serving. Make up a batch of cornbread to go with it and you have a great simple dinner.
Tonight I’m going to take some of the beans out, fry and mash them in some bacon grease, and make refried beans for chalupas.
Pinto Beans
Cook up some pinto beans with an onion, a ham hock and chili powder. Eat as is or turn them into refried beans.
Ingredients
- 1 pound pinto beans
- 1 onion, quartered
- 1 Tbs chili powder
- 1 ham hock could also use a few strips of bacon
Instructions
- Put the beans in a pot, remembering that they will swell to about 3 times their dried state once cooked. Cover with two inches of water.
- Add the onion, chili powder, and ham hock. Bring to a boil, stir everything, then reduce heat to a simmer. Cover loosely and cook until done.
- Mine took about 3-4 hours. If you’ve soaked the beans overnight, they’ll take about half that time.
It is funny that something that was so good and good for you 60 years ago is still just as good and good for you today. I just sat down with my “bowl” and thought I would do a search about pinto beans while I ate. This is one nice stop in my journey while I ate my beans. Nice site. Great beans!
well i looked all over the wed for a good pinto bean soup, and i found this one. i also had it when i was growing up but my mother would out horse redish in it.
My mother also made Soup Beans for us and I love them. Now for my family I serve them in a bowl over rice and either add salsa or a little hot sauce.
I remember eating them this way when i was growing up.