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Central Texan Pinto Beans

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 10 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Side

Tags: boiled, easy, recipes using brewed coffee, recipes using ham, recipes using pinto bean, recipes with metric units, recipes without cooking time, side dish, texas

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ACentral_Texan_Pinto_Beans)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ACentral%20Texan%20Pinto%20Beans&oldid=4629680

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 1 lb (450 g) dry pinto beans
  • 8 cups water
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 ham bone or a rough equivalent of salt bacon
  • 1–2 bay leaves
  • 5 cups water
  • A very small amount (3 oz / ~90 g) of that day's brewed coffee (optional)

Directions

  1. Wash beans carefully and soak overnight in 8 cups of water.
  2. Drain and refill with 5 cups of water.
  3. Add all the other ingredients.
  4. Bring to a boil and simmer at least 1 hour, or until tender.
  5. Remove bay leaves.
  6. Do not drain prior to serving, the liquid is an important aspect of the dish.
  7. Can be served using slotted spoon, to allow draining, or with a ladle into small side-dish bowls

Notes

The beans and the liquid can be ladled on to dry, stored cornbread (which, otherwise, can be exceptionally dry for eating purposes). The combination is very traditional.