Soup.....Chili.....Stew

 

Pinto Bean Chili

This is made with a pound bag of pinto beans, which can be 2+ full cups of dry beans.

 

2 full c. dry pinto beans (1 lb. bag, sorted and rinsed)
7 to 8 c. water
Make sure to sort the pinto beans/rinse. Cook beans (I like to cook them in my crock pot).

 

When beans are cooked and tender, add: 

1/2 to 1 lb. cooked ground beef
1 large onion, chopped, cooked with the ground beef
2 to 4 cloves garlic, minced
1 can crushed tomatoes (14.5 oz.)

1 can tomato sauce (8 oz.), if needed

2 to 4 T. chili powder
up to 1 tsp. ground cumin

1 tsp. smoked paprika

salt and pepper to taste

 

Put cooked ground beef/onions into crock pot with the cooked pintos. Add garlic, crushed tomatoes. Stir in chili powder, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper.  Cover crock pot. Cook on high for 1 hour or so.  Makes 6 to 8 servings. Great with cornmeal muffins or cornbread.