Saturday, January 15, 2011

Tex-Mex Pinto Beans

Ingredients
1 pound dried pinto beans (2 cups) sorted, rinsed
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
6 1/2 cups water
1 T. chili powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper 

Directions
In a 3-4 quart slow cooker, mix all ingredients.  Cover; cook on High heat setting 7-9 hours.

Serve with cornbread and coleslaw

1 comment:

  1. I doubled this recipe for our family of 4 as a main dish. I love that I didn't have to pre-soak my dried beans and the short list of ingredients make it not only economical, but really easy to prepare and leave to cook during a busy day.

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