Just Kate Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I am making a large pot of pinto beans to serve tonight for dinner (with rice). I may freeze some leftovers, but what are your favorite meals to make with pinto beans? Soups? Mexican dishes? I'm all ears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 My dd has found copycat recipes for chipotle (the rice, the guacamole, etc. ) and they're VERY good! Yum, now you're making me hungry for a burrito!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Sometimes I'll put a bag of dried pinto beans, enough water to cover, a whole onion cut into fourths, and a jar of salsa in the slow cooker. I let it cook all day, and then mash it all up in the end (with a potato masher). Homemade refried beans! They can be served with rice or in a burrito. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I like to refry the leftovers and have burritos or tostadas. Or just eat them by themselves with a little cheese on top. Yum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 This is delicious. I serve with sour cream, mango salsa and chips. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/refried-beans-without-the-refry/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 This is delicious. I serve with sour cream, mango salsa and chips. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/refried-beans-without-the-refry/ Refried beans sound wonderful! Just thinking here...we want to have rice and beans tonight. How would I go about making refried beans with the leftover beans from tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 In addition to the previous ideas, we like pinto beans with chili. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Refried beans sound wonderful! Just thinking here...we want to have rice and beans tonight. How would I go about making refried beans with the leftover beans from tonight? Smash them up with a spoon or use a mixer to get the consistency you want. I throw them in a big pot and fry them with bacon grease that I have saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I lightly fry them in a skillet with bacon grease or lard, or coconut oil if I don't have the other options, then add a little water to get the right consistency and mash with a big spoon. I like them a little chunky though. When I'm making them smooth for a recipe I use the food processor instead of hand mashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 My grandma always threw link sausage in with her pinto beans, maybe some onion too. It's really simple but one of my favorite meals, of course mine never tastes like hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 My grandmother makes her baked beans with pintos, and they are pretty good. They taste a bit different than white beans, but we like them. I don't have a recipe, and she probably doesn't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Beans and cornbread!!!! This is how we do it. Its dh's concoction, at first, I thought, yuck. And when my mom visited, she just looked at it. Until she ate it. Its stinkin' awesome!! Put cornbread in bottom of bowl, butter it. Then put pinto beans on top (After soaking dry beans overnight, discard old water, cover w/new water, cook several hours w/salt and garlic, leave it soupy so you can really soak the cornbread and have more in the bowl) Then put cottage cheese on. Then chopped onions and chopped tomatoes. Then pour a little vinegar on top. We use the leftover beans for layer dip, or just put in bowl with cheese and salsa on top. And maybe sour cream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I use leftover beans to make bean and cheese burritos. They make a great breakfast. I mash the beans, add cheese and roll up in a flour tortilla. I freeze them and then heat up for easy breakfasts. Like a previous poster I put sausage links w/beans. A friend of mine used to cut up velveeta and add it to leftover beans and add a can of rotel, too. It was pretty good--very cheesy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbuchina Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 What I grew up eating at least five nights a week: Roast Potatoes Pinto beans Cornbread I always crumble up my cornbread and put the beans, with plenty of bean juice, over my cornbread. That's the only way to eat pintos right. ;) (Jk, I love them refried, in soups, chili, with rice... I love pinto beans.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 This is delicious. I serve with sour cream, mango salsa and chips. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/refried-beans-without-the-refry/ I have this cooking in the crockpot now :) I add more cumin, a tsp of chili powder, and only 2 tsp of salt. We're having bean tostadas tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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