Frijoles (pinto beans)
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | pounds | Pinto beans |
| Salt pork; cubed | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Comino |
| 1 | teaspoon | Black pepper |
| 1 | teaspoon | Garlic powder |
| 1 | can | Tomato sauce |
| 1 | bunch | Cilantro; diced |
| Salt; to taste | ||
| 1 | small | Clove garlic |
| 2 | mediums | Ripe tomatoes |
| 1 | small | White onion |
Directions
Soak beans in water at least 6 hours. Grind the garlic with comino and pepper if you prefer. Before cooking, add salt pork, ground spices and garlic clove to the beans. Cook beans in slow cooker at high until tender.
Be sure to check that they are always full with water. Once tender, lower heat to medium low. Dice tomatoes and onion. Add to beans along with cilantro. Let cook for 10 minutes and add tomato sauce and salt.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 412 by James and Susan Kirkland <kirkland@...> on Dec 28, 1997