Subj : Beenz was: Romani Soup
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Dave Drum
Date : Wed Feb 22 2023 05:13:00

-=> Shawn Highfield wrote to Dave Drum <=-

DD> Or, go down the store and buy a 15 oz can of chickpeas/garbanzo beans
DD> and allow 30 seconds to open and drain the can.  Bv)=

SH> 100%. ;)  Only dried beans I bother with are lentil and split pea's.
SH> Everything else is from a can.

I still do my own chilli beans. And I've got this big bag of "butter"
beans waiting for a post-Easter ham bone.

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     Title: Dave's Chilli Beans
Categories: Beans, Chilies
     Yield: 4 Servings

     2 c  Dried pinto beans
     1 ts Oil or bacon dripping
     1 md Onion; chopped
     3 cl Garlic; mashed
     8 oz Can tomato puree or paste
     2 ts Ground cumin
     1 tb Chilli spice *
          Salt & pepper
     1 md Bell pepper; cored, diced
     1    Dried red chile; ground
          Water; as needed

 * Mexene, Baron's, Ray's, etc.

 Soak beans overnight, if desired. Then drain and add
 fresh water. Boil the beans hard for 10 to 15 minutes
 to kick start the conversion of the starches. Reduce
 the heat to a nice four bubble simmer and cover the
 pot. Cook until tender but not mushy.

 You can fisnish the cooking in the crockpot once you
 have boiled the beans to start the starch conversion.

 Saute onion and garlic in oil. Add tomato, chilli
 spice, salt & pepper, parsley and ground red pepper
 with a little water.

 Boil for 10-15 minutes. Add to beans and add the cumin
 at this time, cook for 25 minutes or longer.

 Recipe and MM Format by Dave Drum - 04 July 1996

 Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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