
Beans, Salsa and Tortillas
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5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
8 hrs
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Total Time
8 hrs 30 mins
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Mexican

Beans, Salsa and Tortillas
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Balanced, flavorful, and enjoyable—this recipe has it all.
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Ingredients
For the Beans
- 1½ lb. pinto beans
- 5 cloves garlic peeled
- 2 scallions
- salt to taste
For the Salsa
- 2 cans Ortega chilis diced
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
- 1 red onion chopped
- 1 lemon
- black coarse pepper
- olive oil
- balsamic vinegar
- 2 talks celery finely chopped
- fresh parsley chopped
- 1 package tortillas corn or flour
Instructions
- For the Beans
- Rinse the beans two or three times, running the beans through your fingers into the colander, looking to remove rocks, pebbles. Pour rinsed beans into a large pot and fill the pot one inch from the top with water. Soak the beans overnight.
- Next day, add garlic, scallions and cook at your lowest possible setting for about 8 hours adding water as needed.
- When the beans are tender, fat and pink...the water will be cooked out of them. They will taste flat.
- Add salt until the flavor comes out. Start with at least one half tsp. Add salt to your own taste...could be as much as 2 tsp.
- Turn beans off. When ready to eat, reheat the beans until piping hot (if you add more water, always cook the water out before serving).
For the Salsa
- Add chilis, tomatoes, celery & onions into a bowl.
- Add lots of coarse ground pepper, half teaspoon salt, one whole lemon squeezed of its juice, vinegar, one splash of balsamic . No, make that two splashes.
- Slowly pour olive oil, until you see a few bubbles floating on top. (A rule of thumb is one part oil to two part vinegar).
- Taste. Add some salt. If it is flat tasting, add a little more vinegar or lemon, pepper or salt.
- This creates a mild salsa. The longer, the salsa sits in the refrigerator, the hotter the flavor. However, if you want a kick tonight, add one half of a single jalapeno pepper. For salsa maniacs, add entire can of jalapenos. Guaranteed to be on fire and make your forehead sweat.
- You are ready to serve SOUL FOOD FROM THE GODS. Place beers, limes, spoons, forks, plates, napkins on the table. Set the pot of beans on a hotplate with a big slotted ladle. Bring stack of heated wrapped tortillas.
- Grab the salsa bowl. Place tortilla on plate, ladle in beans, salsa and roll up tortilla. If you are a gringo, add sour cream and avocado. Umm....first bite, you'll have died and gone to heaven.
Notes
- Leftovers are the beginnings of fajitas extraordinaire...for tomorrow nite with Spanish rice.
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