Moms Pinto Bean Recipe Recipe 455

Steps:

• Soak 1 cup pinto beans overnight in 8 cups room-temperature water before starting soup.
• Add salt, bouillon, chili powder, parsley, garlic and half the chopped onion to beans in water. Cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours or until beans are tender.
• Meanwhile, combine meatball ingredients, shape into 1" balls. Saute until brown on all sides. Set aside until beans have finished simmering that first 1-1/2 hours, then add meatballs to soup.
• If too much of the soup broth has evaporated away, add water at this point, to desired consistency. Then add celery, carrots, tomatoes and remaining chopped onion to soup. Bring to a boil, then turn down, cover and simmer 25 minutes.
• Add cabbage and simmer 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Pick over the beans for small rocks or debris. Rinse well, then cover with cold water and soak for 6 hours or overnight.
• Transfer beans to a soup pot and add water to cover by 1 inch. Add onion, bay leaf and bacon and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a bare simmer, partly cover pot with lid, and cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in salt, paprika and cayenne, then continue simmering until beans are soft and creamy and the broth is well seasoned and lightly thickened, about 1 hour more. Remove bacon and chop roughly, then return to pot. (Dish may be prepared up to 2 days ahead.)

Steps:

• Cover dry beans in bowl with cold water and soak overnight (must be cooked the next day). Drain water from beans. Add 1 tsp baking soda to beans. Mix to coat. Allow to sit for approx. 15 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with cold water. This process helps to cook the beans faster. In large stockpot, saute onion in olive oil. Add 5 cups water to onions. Add beans to stockpot. Add all spices - except salt. Cook on medium heat for approx. 1 hour - checking regularly for liquid. If water is low and beans look dry - add water ¼ at a time. Add salt ¾ of the way through cooking. For Mom's Chili Bean Recipe: Ingredients: 1 lb. ground beef or turkey 1 - 7 oz can tomato sauce Directions: Cook ground beef in sauté pan. Drain liquid. Add meat and tomato sauce to beans when they are cooked ¾ of the way through (@ the same time that you are adding salt). Check for liquid content and spice flavoring. Add accordingly.