Beans

[Shaddie 1651]

9 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Have two large pork bones from a picnic roast in the freezer, anyone got a good pinto recipe I can use them in? Never made pinto beans from scratch before, have the fiesta seasoning as well.

Beans are the canvas. 
Only you can create your own art. 

[workswithseed 2110]

4 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

Have two large pork bones from a picnic roast in the freezer, anyone got a good pinto recipe I can use them in? Never made pinto beans from scratch before, have the fiesta seasoning as well.

Well?

[Rimbo 26057]

On 4/7/2020 at 5:21 AM, achooloco said:

Was gonna say I’ve never done refried but for regular I boil the beans with one whole entire garlic, splash of oil, and half way through put in some salt for taste. Boil with a lid on until the water is almost completely evaporated but the beans aren’t sticking to the bottom, turn off the heat, let sit a smidge with the cover on. 

They sure as hell look/act refried and taste great but without any extra steps. That said, lot of the recipes up top sound great. 

Yeah, I tried adding the bacon droppings while they boil, and they're fantastic in burritos that way. Still trying to figure out that trick where you toast the cheese directly on the grill while toasting the tortilla tho. I know there's some scraping involved, but it comes up all crumpled...

[Rimbo 26057]

On 4/13/2020 at 9:24 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

that hambone makes for a damn great pot of beans 

im jelly 

Hambone makes incredible soup stock. Hambones in general are one of the most amazing unknown cooking things... Wife made hambone soup after our first was born, 'cuz she'd heard it was good for milk production. She produced like a goddamned cow and her A cup went all the way to DD. It was fucking glorious. But I couldn't touch them; they were too sore from the mass amounts of milk pressure...

Good thing my first was a good eater. Second? Not so much...

[Rimbo 26057]

what i'm trying to say here is that hambones lead to big titties, even on petite asian ladies, so gentlemen get on that shit now

[Rimbo 26057]

On 4/18/2020 at 12:22 AM, tx 3 putt said:

i always forget, a little shiner bock sure taste good in a pot of beans 

tastes good in bread, too. and straight. pretty much good in everything, even ice cream, as Amy's will tell ya

On 4/18/2020 at 12:32 AM, workswithseed said:

Thank God I can find it even up here. 

Yep, their distribution has definitely improved since the 90s... kinda hard to find here in SD, but occasionally Vons or Sprout's has it...

On 4/18/2020 at 6:54 PM, workswithseed said:

Hell yeah. I the back is some homemade queso, not Velveeta.

 

Whatcha usin' to emulsify the cheese? I use sodium citrate, myself...

[workswithseed 2110]

3 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

tastes good in bread, too. and straight. pretty much good in everything, even ice cream, as Amy's will tell ya

Yep, their distribution has definitely improved since the 90s... kinda hard to find here in SD, but occasionally Vons or Sprout's has it...

Whatcha usin' to emulsify the cheese? I use sodium citrate, myself...

I can find the seasonal stuff in Fred Meyers sometimes, and the regular stuff at New Seasons.

Emulsify? That's a new one. If it is what I think it means I used half and half.

[Rimbo 26057]

Emulsify = get oil and water to mix. Important when making queso with any real cheese. Eggs, the water leftover from making noodles, flour + water, sodium citrate, lotsa things do the job. Sodium citrate works great for cheese, and is what American and Velveeta use.

[workswithseed 2110]

2 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Emulsify = get oil and water to mix. Important when making queso with any real cheese. Eggs, the water leftover from making noodles, flour + water, sodium citrate, lotsa things do the job. Sodium citrate works great for cheese, and is what American and Velveeta use.

We didn't use water. We just put all the veggies and peppers in oil to saute then flour. Next up was half and half then cheese.

[Rimbo 26057]

2 hours ago, workswithseed said:

We didn't use water. We just put all the veggies and peppers in oil to saute then flour. Next up was half and half then cheese.

Yeah, there's water in the veggies and the half and half. It's the flour, combined with the moisture in those, that became the emulsifier. Science!

[Alex Karev 1031]

On 4/6/2020 at 8:39 PM, HenryJames said:

That's what I use also. I soak the beans in low sodium chicken broth, add seasoning and the ham hock and then pressure cook. 

[Alex Karev 1031]

On 4/6/2020 at 8:39 PM, HenryJames said:

DP

Edited April 24, 2020 by Alex Karev

[HenryJames 66164]

[RPM 26342]

[Gen. Applewhite 227]

4 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Going to do a second batch of red beans on Sunday. Last one was perfect, so I will recreate exactly, instead of riffing as usual.

[workswithseed 2110]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Are they seriously delicious?

 

56 minutes ago, Gen. Applewhite said:

Going to do a second batch of red beans on Sunday. Last one was perfect, so I will recreate exactly, instead of riffing as usual.

I love red beans and rice.

[Hank_Hill 18894]

On 4/22/2020 at 3:31 PM, Hank_Hill said:

Have two large pork bones from a picnic roast in the freezer, anyone got a good pinto recipe I can use them in? Never made pinto beans from scratch before, have the fiesta seasoning as well.

 

soon

[Hank_Hill 18894]

 

sooner

[Dutch 4474]

I like where that is going. 

[BigDHornfan 6549]

Did red beans and rice last night.
Instapot makes it stupid easy.

[Hank_Hill 18894]

 

little overcooked for my liking but flavor was great. Should make excellent refrieds 

[Brisketexan 105286]

Working on a hambone pot of pintos right now.  Had a HUGE hambone (was a whole shoulder joint, had to split it into two pieces).  Sauteed about half an onion, added some pinto bean seasoning, and all the hambone.....here's the beginning of the cook....

 

[workswithseed 2110]

3 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

 

sooner

Fuck Sooners. Oh, and your link doesn't show anything when I click on it.

[workswithseed 2110]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Working on a hambone pot of pintos right now.  Had a HUGE hambone (was a whole shoulder joint, had to split it into two pieces).  Sauteed about half an onion, added some pinto bean seasoning, and all the hambone.....here's the beginning of the cook....

 

I'd figured you'd put it in your instapot.

[Brisketexan 105286]

Just now, workswithseed said:

I'd figured you'd put it in your instapot.

Don't know how to use it yet, so don't trust it with something as precious as a major hambone.  I'll probably make a test pot of plain pintos (just with some onion, porkfat/bacon, and seasoning) that I can turn into refrieds to test it out.

[Brisketexan 105286]

Pretty close to finished:

[Brisketexan 105286]

Pretty close to finished:

[Brisketexan 105286]

And after pulling the ham bones and any chunks of gristle, with all meat returned to the pot. There’s a lotta ham in there. Will go well with the jalapeño cornbread muffins currently in the oven.

[Brisketexan 105286]

BTW, family of four DEMOLISHED that pot of beans.  The boy had two huge bowls himself.  The leftovers are enough for a nice side dish at lunch today, that's it.  I may need to start cooking 2 lbs at a time to have a pot that makes for good leftovers (because leftover beans rule).

[workswithseed 2110]

I still have leftovers from the refried beans, and I'm thinking of making some fajitas to try to finish it off. Thanks @Brian Fantana the idea.

[tx 3 putt 77359]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

BTW, family of four DEMOLISHED that pot of beans.  The boy had two huge bowls himself.  The leftovers are enough for a nice side dish at lunch today, that's it.  I may need to start cooking 2 lbs at a time to have a pot that makes for good leftovers (because leftover beans rule).

They’ll make some damn good retried beans 

[Hank_Hill 18894]

[Braff Zacklin 13655]

This thread just took the fuck off.

[Spur08 382]

I came across this thread in my search to find a borracho beans recipe. I then realized I dont know the difference between pinto beans as they're made in this thread, charro beans, and borracho beans.

Can someone enlighten me?

[Surly Bevo 25142]

46 minutes ago, Spur08 said:

I came across this thread in my search to find a borracho beans recipe. I then realized I dont know the difference between pinto beans as they're made in this thread, charro beans, and borracho beans.

Can someone enlighten me?

How the hell did you get the beans above the frank?

So I believe the answer is that most of the styles of cooking pinto beans you see here would put them in charro bean territory.  They have Tex-Mex flair to them in terms of what is being added (pork flavor base, onion, jalapeno, tomatos, etc). Think of it as Cowboy or Tex-Mex "Pork and Beans" 

Borracho just means drunk in Spanish so pretty sure all you do to make Charro beans borracho beans is mix a beer in the recipe.

Edited May 18, 2020 by Surly Bevo

[WBT 20657]

On 4/24/2020 at 8:17 PM, RPM said:

I'm disappointed that Dr Pepper would lend their name to that candied up yankee/limey monstrosity 

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sounds about right

[tx 3 putt 77359]

IMO, charro beans don't have chili powder and a much lighter broth + cilantro. still delicious 

borracho beans - chili powder + some dark bear

pinto beans - chili powder and no beer 

[Sam Lin 3560]

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

borracho beans - chili powder + some dark bear

Brown or black bear?

[workswithseed 2110]

3 hours ago, Sam Lin said:

Brown or black bear?

White bear.

[WBT 20657]

I bet a hunk of bear fat in a pot of beans would be pretty good.