Recipe: Appetizing Pinto Bean And Bacon Soup

Pinto Bean And Bacon Soup. Slow Cooker Pinto Bean and Bacon Soup is like navy bean and bacon soup but with Pinto Beans instead. It will be your new favorite bean soup! This recipe is sponsored by Hurst's® HamBeens® though all opinions are mine alone.

This recipe is sponsored by Hurst's® HamBeens® though all opinions are mine alone. Tweaked it just a bit by noting the following: to keep your beans from staying too hard, don't add salt or tomato sauce until beans are. Pinto Bean And Bacon Soup Sinse I have some leftover cornbread, I figured this would go nicely with it for lunch. You can cook Pinto Bean And Bacon Soup using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pinto Bean And Bacon Soup

1. It's of (3) Cups Pinto Beans.
2. It's of (8) Cups Water.
3. It's of (6) Strips Bacon (Fried, chopped and grease reserved for soup).
4. Prepare of (2) Cups Beef Broth.
5. It's of (1/2) Onion Chopped.
6. You need of (1) Jalapeno deseeded and diced.
7. You need of (2) Cloves Garlic Minced.
8. You need of (3) Tbsp Chopped Green Chili's.
9. You need of (1) Tsp Salt.
10. It's of (1/2) Tsp Ground Cumin.
11. It's of (1/2) Tsp Pepper.
12. Prepare of (1/2) Tsp Chili Powder.
13. It's of (1/4) Tsp Cayenne Pepper.

Add this mixture to drained beans. When soup is about ready to serve, use a potato masher to crush up some of the beans to make a thicker soup. Pinto Bean Soup - chunky, hearty and flavorful, very simple to make and great for lunch or dinner. Adding bacon to this Pinto Bean Soup enhances the flavor and makes the soup super filling, so you can call it a meal.

Pinto Bean And Bacon Soup step by step

1. Soak Beans overnight in a large pot no heat..
2. The next day, bring beans to boil on low, covered. Cook how ever long it takes to soften them. Usually 2 to 3 hours. Checking water every so often to make sure it has enough to cover beans by about 2 inches..
3. When beans are tender, I pour the beans and liquid into a bowl,set aside and clean the pot. (I just dont like the goopy residue on pot).
4. Pour beans and liquid back into pot, turn heat to low..
5. Add ALL remaining ingredients to pot. Including bacon and reserved bacon grease. Liquid should be 2 or so inches above beans..
6. Cover, simmer on low for 1 hour. Stiring every 15 minutes..
7. When done top with whatever you wish and Enjoy!.

Soak the pinto beans in water overnight in a large mixing bowl. Drain the beans and set aside. In a dutch oven or other large vessel put the oil, onions, bacon, garlic and green chilies and cook over medium or medium-high heat until the onions are transparent and the edges of the onion have very lightly browned. Add remaining ingredients except bacon; mix well. Crumble remaining bacon and sprinkle on top of beans.