Pinto Beans?

I see no reason you can't substitute pinto beans for chick peas in hummus, right? I make hummus with whatever bean I have (I use canned though).
So like this:

couple cups cooked or canned pinto beans
clove of garlic
squeeze of lemon juice
zest of said lemon
few sprigs of fresh thyme
salt and pepper
extra virgin olive oil to the correct consistency
Grind it all up in the food processor until it's the consistency you like

My kids love to dip. So they'll eat hummus with raw veggies, chips, etc. Sometimes I make large croutons with some aging whole wheat bread, makes for good dipping.

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After you cook them up (obviously), I actually just puree them down and add them to our taco meat. My kids love the taco meat so much more when I do that. I also use the pureed pinto beans on nachos, bean dips, thickening southwestern type soups etc...

I make my refried beans from scratch with pinto beans.
1. soak overnight in broth
2. rinse thoroughly
3. Boil in broth, onions, garlic, until they totally fall apart...3-4 hours, keep adding water or broth if it gets too low. Add seasonings to taste (i.e. seasoning salt, garlic powder, pepper, etc.)
4. mash or whip

Freeze in one serving containers.

When you're ready to serve them, fry with some meat for burritos, or just fry the beans in a little olive oil.

They are very good this way.

I've won 4 chili cook off contests with this recipe. Where it says cans of beans, just put in that amount of cooked pinto beans in chili sauce.

B.'s Smoked Chicken Chili

1 28 ounce of enchilada sauce (I used hot, red sauce)
1 15 oz can of refried beans
4 15 oz cans of chili flavored beans
4 pounds of chicken leg 1/4's (leg 1/4's work better than breasts)
2 tablespoons of chili powder
1 heaping teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1/4 lb of fresh jalapenos. (canned won't work as well)

I used a 6 qt crock pot turned on high.
Smoke the chicken leg 1/4's. Place them in a pan, with 1/4" of water, on a BBQ grill with mesquite wood for smoke. Cook them over very low heat, until done. Put the chicken leg 1/4's and the water in a container in the frig over night. I put Canadian Chicken Seasoning on my chicken in the grill.

Put all the ingredients in the crock pot, including the water in the pan the chicken cooked in, except the jalapenos, and stir. 5 hours later, remove the leg 1/4's and place on a plate to cool. After the chicken is cool enough to handle, remove the bones and place the meat back in the crock pot, then stir. Stirring breaks up the chunks of meat and makes it go through out the chili.

Cut the tops off the jalapenos. Cut them in half length wise. Use the round end of a spoon to scoop out the seeds and white part that holds the seeds. (The seeds and white membrane makes Jalapenos HOT.) Do the scraping under the water or with a fan blowing the fumes away from you. Dice the pods and add them to the chili 15 to 30 minutes before serving. Enjoy!! (For thicker chili, remove 2 cups of sauce only from the pot when you remove the chicken to debone it.)

I sipped/drank the sauce I removed to make my chili thicker. It was HOT, but delicious.

Good luck to you and yours.

Honey, that's a meal in itself! I will usually do a ham hock and generous s/p and fill up the crock pot. Cook on low for 8-10 hours. Bake some Jiffy cornbread and fry some greasy fried potatoes w/onion. Serve with some Texas Caviar to go on top of the beans and sip on some strong brewed sweet tea! Sooooo gooood!

You can use pinto beans in the same recipes you use for black and other beans.

I love corn, bean, and mango salad in the summer. Recipe calls for black and grabanzo, but use the bean you have on hand. I make mine with pinto all the time.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/co...

Sunny you are a genius!!!! LOL

I don't make a lot with them as my family does not like beans. I do add them to my chili (kids pick them out).

I will try the ppers re-fried beans recipe too! For me :)

i might donate the bag ! lol i believe pinto beans are refried beans?? i would smash some up and put them between some yummy tortillas... this is what i do with refried

tortilla, refried mixed with shredded cheese and a little bit of sweet potatoe and top it with another tortilla and poof casdellias a bit healthier. sorry for the spelling our spell check isnt on and idk how to put it on.

i love pinto beans as a side dish to bbq,chicken,and all by them selves. i think we have put them in tacos before.

my M. use to make a taco salad with beans and cadilina dressing stired together. a bed of lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, black sliced olives, fritoz (chips) and the bean mix on top. i know she used canned.

pinterest . com might have some yummie ideas for pinto recipes and twists to the old just plain cooking of them. good luck. thats one large sack of beans

rinse them in a collander, put them in a BIG pot covering them with water plus another 3 or 4 inches. Add salt pork (I buy the small package from HEB and am able to use it 3 times) and at least 1 pickled whole jalapeno. Bring to a boil and then keep at rolling boil until beans are cooked and NO foam on top. keep adding water - always having the bean completely covered plus some.

We add sausage to ours (already cooked and usually Holmes Jalepeno) sliced about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch rings and throw in with the beans for about 15 minutes at the end just to heat it up. I make rice and also corn bread and it's a meal!!! You can add salt at the end, but it's usually salty enough.

To use up food in my pantry, I go to www.supercook.com and add the ingredients I have and it produces many recipes that use those ingredients listed. Very easy - you choose whatever recipe you want and viola - you got your meal & items used up!! Good luck!