Recipe: Delicious Arellano Slow Cooker Pinto Beans

Arellano Slow Cooker Pinto Beans. Pinto beans simmer all day in a slow cooker with cubes of Black Forest ham. A little bit of lard adds a flavorful richness to this bean stew. These pinto beans couldn't be easier to make in a slow cooker.

Wash the beans and soak overnight in cold water. Drain the beans and dump into slow cooker. Stir in chili powder and oregano. You can cook Arellano Slow Cooker Pinto Beans using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Arellano Slow Cooker Pinto Beans

1. You need 1 lbs of pinto beans.
2. You need 1/2 block of salt pork.
3. You need 6 cups of chicken broth.
4. It's 5 cloves of fresh garlic.
5. Prepare to taste of garlic powder.
6. Prepare to taste of oregano.
7. You need to taste of cumin.
8. Prepare of seasoned salt (just a shake over, not too much).
9. You need of chili 3000 Penzy Spice to taste.
10. You need to taste of Gerbhart chili.
11. You need of Kirkland no-salt seasoning.
12. It's to taste of Kroger Zesty garlic seasoning.
13. It's to taste of minced garlic.
14. It's 1 of jalapeno - optional.
15. Prepare 1 of habenero - optinal.
16. Prepare 1/2 of onion - optional.

How long to soak pinto beans? Preferably overnight, but any soak is better than no soak. Aim for overnight, but even an hour-long soak will be more effective than no soak at all. Why Homemade Crock Pot Pinto Beans?

Arellano Slow Cooker Pinto Beans step by step

1. Sort through beans, looking for broken beans, rocks, or dark beans..
2. Soak overnight or for at least 8 to 10 hours with a hand towel covering the top..
3. Uncover and if there are floaters scoop and discard. Drain beans in a strainer..
4. Pour beans and salt pork in crock pot. Add all seasonings and garlic and then chicken broth..
5. Stir, cover, cook 8 to 10 hours..
6. If making beans for chili, save the broth! Its perfect already seasoned broth for your chili!.

If time allows, I always prefer to make something from scratch instead of using the canned version. Luckily pinto beans can be done in the slow cooker which frees up a lot of time when it's closer to dinner AND they taste sooooo good!. With just a little bit of work you can have amazing beans that blow away anything you'll find in a can. Slow Cooker Pinto Beans are simple, inexpensive and so much better than anything from a can!. Add pinto beans to slow cooker and cover with water to at least and inch above top of beans.

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