Mexican Bean Hotpot Recipes

Steps:

• Sprinkle pork with salt and black pepper. Cook bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp and well browned; transfer to paper towel-lined plate, reserving 1/4 cup drippings in pot.
• Brown pork pieces in bacon drippings over medium-high heat, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Work in batches; transfer browned pieces to a plate as they brown. Transfer all pieces back to pot, along with accumulated juices. Stir in onion, serrano pepper, broth, and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low or low to maintain a low simmer. Simmer, covered, 1 hour.
• Stir in beans and cactus; simmer, uncovered, until heated through, 20 minutes more. Stir in bacon. Serve over rice and garnish with avocado and cilantro.

Steps:

• Peel and crush the garlic; peel and slice the onion and carrot; deseed and dice the red capsicum; coarsely chop the bacon by cutting with kitchen scissors.
• Heat the oil in a large, deep pan, preferably non-stick; add the onion and bacon and sauté for 5 minutes; add the carrot, garlic and red capsicum and sauté for a further 5 minutes.
• Add the kidney beans and the can juices to the pan, stir in the tomatoes, cumin and chilli sauce, and season to taste with salt and black pepper; and bring the mixture to the boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for about 40 minutes, or until the liquid has thickened; garnish with chopped fresh coriander and serve hot. if the liquid starts to thicken too quickly, reduce the heat slightly and stir in a little boiling water or a little wine (at room temperature).

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan until hot, tip in the onion and let it sizzle and turn golden (4-5 minutes) as you stir occasionally. Add the mince and cook until it's no longer pink, stirring to break it up and scraping the bottom of the pan so it doesn't stick. If it does, add a splash of oil.
• Tip the tomatoes into the mince, then fill the can with water and pour this in. Add the tomato purée, give it all a good stir and let it come to the boil. Simmer, covered, for 25 minutes to cook the mince through.
• Stir in the rice from both packets and let it heat through gently, then stir in the parsley. Serve with tortilla chips.

Steps:

• Brown meat in hot oil in a dutch oven.
• Add onions and saute until tender.
• Add remaining ingredients and simmer uncovered for 11/2 hours.

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, cook the chillies and capsicum in the olive oil over high heat for about 6-8 minutes, until the capsicum has blackened around the edges.
• Add the other vegetables (from onions to garlic inclusive), and stir another 5-6 minutes on high heat.
• Add the bay leaf and thyme and other spices and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Add the three tins of beans and the tomatoes and tomato paste and stir well to combine.
• Season well with salt and pepper, cover the whole mixture with water, then simmer for 30 minutes.
• Serve over rice with diced avocado mixed with lime juice, a dollop of yoghurt, and sprinkle with coriander.