Red Caldwells Prize Winnin Pintos Recipes

Steps:

• Soak the beans overnight.
• Drain, place in a pot, and refill with water to cover the beans and add everything else. Cook very slowly for 4 to 6 hours.
• When the beans are done, test for salt and adjust to our preference.
• **Note this is an adopted recipe so I'm not going to change it but I've made these a couple of times and would give this as an alternative.
• Use half water and half chicken broth to cook your beans in, adding more chicken broth and water as they cook to get the right amount of liquid you want.
• Try using chipotles 2-3 instead of the jalapeno peppers.
• Use fresh jalapeno peppers instead of the canned.

Steps:

• Drain and rinse the beans.
• Place the beans in a crock pot set on low, cover with water.
• Add everything else.
• Cook overnight.
• Add any salt that is needed.
• (Don't salt at the beginning because of the salt pork.) Serve.
• These freeze well and are even better when reheated.
• I had to cut this recipe in half to get it to fit my crock pot.

Steps:

• Place beans in dutch oven.
• Cover with water 2 inches above beans;bring to a boil.
• Boil 2 minutes;remove from heat,and let stand for 1 hour.
• Drain and return to dutch oven.
• Add 5 cups water and next 8 ingredients to dutch oven;bring mixture to a boil.
• Add ground chuck,stirring to crumble.
• (I cook and crumble mine before I add to beans but you can do either way).
• Cover,reduce heat and simmer,stirring occasionally,1 hour and 30 minutes.
• Uncover and simmer 30 minutes or until beans are tender and mixture has thickened.

Steps:

• Rinse and drain hominy and beans.
• In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients and heat throughly.

Steps:

• In small saucepan, bring broth to a simmer. In medium saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon butter in oil over medium-low heat. When it foams, add onion and garlic; cook until softened. Pour in rice and stir to coat. Cook, stirring slowly, until rice is lightly toasted, about 3 minutes.
• Pour in 1 cup wine and reduce over medium-high heat until almost gone. Add second cup and reduce once more. When pan liquid is syrupy, begin ladling in hot broth, 1/2 cup at a time. Stir rice and adjust heat so that it is just bubbling on the edges. Continue stirring and adding broth as needed. Rice is done when it is tender but still firm to the bite in center. If you run out of broth before rice is cooked, add hot water. Mixture should be creamy and loose, not soupy. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Stir in 1/2 cup cheese and remaining tablespoon butter. Fold in chives and thyme. Serve risotto, passing the remaining cheese at the table.