Monday, March 29, 2010

Beans and Cornbread

Does it get any better than a warm bowl of pinto beans and hot cornbread? I mean it. I can make the most extravagant dish, and still, when I make a big pot of beans and some hot cornbread to go along with it, I remember that this is my favorite thing in the world to eat. Hands down. Another plus to this dish? It is SUPER cheap and you can eat on it for days! Unfortunately, I don't make beans very often, because a certain husband of mine likes to have meat at dinner time. So, since he was working late two nights in a row last week, I decided to make these and boy were they yummy! I cooked mine in a crock pot, but you can just as easily cook them on the stove top. It is a must that you prepare cornbread with these beans. I repeat, you must make cornbread to accompany these beans. Enough said.

Easy Pinto Beans
*I made a very large pot of beans and froze half of them, this recipe would work just perfectly halved.

Ingredients:
2 lbs cranberry beans (you can use pinto, but I have found cranberry to be more flavorful.)
1 package onion soup mix
1 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper

Directions:
The night before you want to cook the beans, wash them in a strainer and place in a pot filled with fresh water and cover. Let the beans soak over night. In the morning, pour off the water used for soaking and place beans in crock pot. Fill with water. Add onion soup mix to crock pot and turn pot on high for 4 hours. After cooking for 4 hours, add salt and pepper, stir. Reduce heat to low, or warm if your crock pot cooks at a higher temperature, and continue to cook for another hour or so until beans are soft and ready to eat. Serve with cornbread.

5 comments:

Michele said...

Seriously, I love what you cook! I've bookmarked several of your recipes. We love a big old pot of beans too. I just made creole style beans the other day and posted it yesterday. So tasty!

Florida Life said...

This is a favorite of Florida. Yes, se have our seafood etc. but cornbread and pinto beans is always good. The onion soup mix is a great touch, thanks for the recipe.

Mysterious&Reassuring said...

Here in eastern Kentucky, we call them 'soup beans'. Perhaps your husband would like one of our menus: soupbeans, cornbread, fried potatoes, pork chops, corn on the cob, green onions and sliced tomatoes. Or soupbeans, cornbread, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, cream style corn and onion slices or wedges. Soupbeans, cornbread, green onions, macaroni and cheese, fried chicken livers, green peas. Soupbeans, cornbread, fried chicken, fried zucchini or fried green tomatoes (I only eat fried red tomatoes) and potato salad. And, yes, some kind of onions.
My recipe for beans is pinto beans and a piece of salt bacon, sliced down to the hide in about 1/4-1/2 inch slices. That's all, I don't use pepper, and the salt is supplied by the bacon. Cook enough to have leftovers, as they are better the second day.

Mysterious&Reassuring said...

Here in eastern Kentucky, we call them 'soup beans'. Perhaps your husband would like one of our menus: soupbeans, cornbread, fried potatoes, pork chops, corn on the cob, green onions and sliced tomatoes. Or soupbeans, cornbread, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, cream style corn and onion slices or wedges. Soupbeans, cornbread, green onions, macaroni and cheese, fried chicken livers, green peas. Soupbeans, cornbread, fried chicken, fried zucchini or fried green tomatoes (I only eat fried red tomatoes) and potato salad. And, yes, some kind of onions.
My recipe for beans is pinto beans and a piece of salt bacon, sliced down to the hide in about 1/4-1/2 inch slices. That's all, I don't use pepper, and the salt is supplied by the bacon. Cook enough to have leftovers, as they are better the second day.

Mysterious&Reassuring said...

Here in eastern Kentucky, we call them 'soup beans'. Perhaps your husband would like one of our menus: soupbeans, cornbread, fried potatoes, pork chops, corn on the cob, green onions and sliced tomatoes. Or soupbeans, cornbread, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, cream style corn and onion slices or wedges. Soupbeans, cornbread, green onions, macaroni and cheese, fried chicken livers, green peas. Soupbeans, cornbread, fried chicken, fried zucchini or fried green tomatoes (I only eat fried red tomatoes) and potato salad. And, yes, some kind of onions.
My recipe for beans is pinto beans and a piece of salt bacon, sliced down to the hide in about 1/4-1/2 inch slices. That's all, I don't use pepper, and the salt is supplied by the bacon. Cook enough to have leftovers, as they are better the second day.

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