Please share your best bean recipe

[Valerie in WA]

...dried or canned. Did you know that a cup of dried beans weighs about a 1/2 pound, and that same cup of dried beans will equal 3 cups cooked beans. A can of beans holds nearly two cups cooked. This bit of information can help you translate canned/dried recipes back and forth.

I just got this recipe from a friend, and it was DELISH!!

Pizza Beans:

1 lb. pinto beans
6 cups water
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. oregano leaves
1/4 tsp. rosemary
1 c. shredded mozzarella
1/4. grated Romano, parmesan or asiago cheese

Soak beans in water in crock pot overnight. Cook on high for about 1.5 hours, until tender but not mushy. Drain, saving liquid. Add onion, garlic, salt, oregano and rosemary to drained beans in crock-pot, plus 2 cups of that drained liquid. Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Serve with grated cheeses. Serve with or over garlic toast.

Options: Add 4 chopped tomatoes and 1/4 c. chopped bell pepper before cooking beans on low.


I did add tomato sauce (about a cup) and I don't think I'd do it without. It wouldn't seem pizza-y without some tomato sauce. Oh, and I accidentally used navy beans, rather than pinto but it was yummy. This made 6 servings (about a cup each).

I'd love to hear some of your bean recipes!

[sanderson76]

Here is what I use

1 pound dry pinto beans
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 pound ham hocks, or 1/4 pound streak o' lean
4 cups water
1 onion, chopped
House Seasoning, recipe follows

Wash the beans and soak overnight in cold water. Drain the beans and dump into slow cooker. Stir in chili powder and oregano.
If using ham hock: Pre-soak ham in a separate pot, for at least 2, or refrigerated up to 24 hours, depending on how salty you want your stock to be. Add ham hock to slow cooker with beans and pour in ham soaking liquid. Add more water until ham hock is completely covered.

If using streak o' lean: Cut into cubes, brown in a skillet, and place the meat and any rendered fat in the slow cooker with beans. Pour 4 cups water into pot.

Add onion to slow cooker with beans and meat. Stir well. Season, to taste, with House Seasoning, cover the pot, and cook on high until beans are very tender, about 5 hours.


House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.
Yield: 1 1/2 cups

[FreesiaE]

Kale and Bean Soup

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 carrot -- chopped
3 cloves garlic -- pressed
1 bunch kale -- trimmed and sliced
1 pound dried white beans - soaked overnight
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (I don't measure, just shake)
1 quart chicken broth or vegetable broth
Salt and pepper to taste

In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Add carrot and garlic. Cook a few minutes. Add kale and cook till wilted, about 3 minutes.

In a crock-pot, place your soaked beans, add red pepper flakes, the contents of the skillet and cover with broth (if you need more liquid, add either more broth or water till contents are covered by 1/8").

Cook on high 8 hours or until beans are tender. Once beans are tender, add the tomato sauce and salt and pepper to taste.

A batch of this I would estimate could easily serve 6-8 adults.

[PrairieRose]

We make plain ol' red beans to have with fried taters and onions and/or cornbread. I use red beans (depending on the size of the crockpot, which I have a large one that I use now) and I'd use about a lb. I think, of pinto beans (I just eyeball this so I don't know for sure, after you've done beans a few times you know how many you're crockpot will hold when they cook), picked through to get the dirt clods and bad beans out. Throw into the crockpot at night and cover with water, salt the heck out of em ( ), add about 2-3 slices of bacon cut up, a smidge of chili powder and some black pepper. Cook all night on high and until about 11 am or noon and then turn down to low. Don't lift the lid often b/c the heat comes out of the pot but make sure they stay covered in water and stir once or twice. We eat beans for several meals afterwards. Yum!

[ehs]

Hi, my family likes Beefy Beans and they are real easy to make.
Also i always add extra every item so i can freeze some for later.



Beefy Beans

2lbs. ground beef
1 onion
1 bell pepper
in large pan fry until done.


in large stock pot mix
1 large can pork & beans
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 large can tomatos with juice
1 small can tomato sauce
1 dash ketchup
1 dash salt and pepper
add fried beef mix
heat on medium until hot
this is a guick and easy winter type meal and you can also make it in a crock pot, serve with cracker, biscuits or corn bread