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Pinto Beans

This recipe can be used for all varieties of dry beans.

Pinto Beans

Dori Fritzinger

Ingredients

4 cups water
1 pound dried beans (about 2 cups)
1 medium onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup )
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic
1 slice bacon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin seed

Instructions

Mix water, beans and onion in heavy saucepan . Cover and heat to boiling
boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat
let stand 1 hour.
Add just enough water to beans to cover. Stir in remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling
reduce heat.
Cover and boil gently, stirring occasionally, until beans are very tender, about 2 hours. (Add water during cooking if necessary.)
Drain
reserve broth for recipes calling for bean broth.
Cover and refrigerate beans and broth separately
use within 10 days.

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Dori Fritzinger

She lives and works with her multi-generational family in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. They have a farm of cows and calves, wool sheep, dairy goats, rabbits, ducks, geese, chickens, honeybees, a horse and a donkey.

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