Pinto Beans—The Original Ranch Bean.

Name: Pinto Beans—The Original Ranch Bean.
Yield: serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1 pound dried pinto beans, rinsed and picked over; 3 quarts (12 cups) water; 2 large yellow onions, peeled and chopped; 3 slices bacon, chopped; Salt and ground black pepper to taste

January 24, 2012

Cooks' Note

Salsa (see page 324) is a great enhancement for either pinto or black beans. This is true whether you serve the beans on the plate or as a quasi soup in a bowl with a lot of the cooking liquid left with the beans. Pintos are a particularly strong source of folic acid, containing over 70 percent of the U.S.RDA in a 1⁄2 cup serving. You can replace the bacon in this recipe with 2 tablespoons bacon drippings.

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