Pinto Beans

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 46.6
  • Total Fat: 0.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 286.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 8.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
  • Protein: 2.8 g

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Introduction

Just a plain, cheap way to cook pinto beans. You can also use dry black beans or dry kidney beans, if you like. Just a plain, cheap way to cook pinto beans. You can also use dry black beans or dry kidney beans, if you like.
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    2 cups dry pinto beans, 3 beef bouillon cubes (edited 7/17/09, you can substitute vegetable stock cubes to make this truly vegetarian). 2 tbsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp black pepper, 6 cups water

Directions

Soak beans overnight in 6 cups water. Drain and rinse. Combine beans, bouillon cubes, garlic powder, pepper, and 6 cups water. Bring to a full rolling boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 1 1/2 hours. Makes 6 cups cooked pinto beans.

Number of Servings: 12