Recipes with pinto beans
285 recipes
Cowpoke Beans
Slow-simmered pinto beans with salt pork, red chili pepper, tomato paste, cumin, and chili powder. An old-school chuck wagon recipe that cooks all day and feeds eight hungry hands.
Quelites (Spinach with Beans)
Quelites, a traditional New Mexican spinach and pinto bean side dish with bacon drippings, chili pepper, and hard-boiled egg. A 25-minute Southwestern classic.
Mexican Chocolate Chili
Pork and beef chili with cocoa, cinnamon, and a finishing stir of masa harina. The mole-inspired chili that builds dark depth over a slow simmer. Beans optional.
Favourite Pinto Bean Pie
This pie tastes like Pecan pie and can be served with
whipped cream, non-dairy whipped topping or a scoop of
ice cream.
Acadian Eight Bean Chili Annie Rosensweigs'
Acadian eight-bean chili with kidney, white, pink, black, red, pinto, cranberry, and navy beans slow-simmered with bacon, ground beef, beer, tomatoes, and warm spices.
El Charro Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)
El Charro Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans) recipe
Blue Corn Casserole(Santa Fe)
Santa Fe blue corn casserole layers blue cornmeal batter with cumin-spiced pinto beans, green chilies, tomato sauce, and a generous topping of cheese. A Southwestern vegetarian-friendly bake with serious New Mexico flavor.
Pinto Bean Cakes with Salsa
Crispy pinto bean cakes with jalapeno, cumin, cilantro, and liquid smoke, coated in cornmeal and pan-fried golden. A vegetarian main or appetizer served with fresh salsa.
Tin Plate Special
A big beef rump roast braised low and slow with dried pinto beans, green peppers, and onions in a tangy tomato-vinegar sauce with brown sugar and thyme. Feeds 10 hungry folks.
Midwest Chili
Midwest chili stews ground beef chuck with onion, garlic, cumin, ground chile, tomatoes, and pinto beans into a thick, brick-red bowl. Hearty heartland-style chili built for cold-weather suppers and game-day spreads.
Eva's Beans
Eva's beans: Mexican-style pinto beans simmered in beer and bacon with cumin, Mexican oregano, tomatoes, and jalapeño. Hearty, smoky, and ready to serve as side or soup.
Frijoles Rancheros
Frijoles rancheros with pinto beans, crispy bacon, jalapenos, beer, and tomato paste baked until bubbly. A smoky, spicy Mexican-style bean casserole.
Cold Bean Salad
Three-bean salad tossed in a blended herb dressing with nutritional yeast and molasses creates a protein-packed vegan side for potlucks, picnics, or meal prep.
Grandpa Snub's Chili
Pork shoulder chili with pinto beans, green olives, and olive juice for a briny twist. Slow-simmered with chili powder, paprika, celery seed, and Tabasco.
American Bean Bread
The bread tastes delicious with butter when it's still warm.
Pinto Bean Loaf
Vegan pinto bean loaf with mashed beans, tomato sauce, oats, and breadcrumbs topped with ketchup or BBQ sauce. A hearty, high-protein plant-based meatloaf alternative.
Slow-simmered pinto beans with salt pork, red chili pepper, tomato paste, cumin, and chili powder. An old-school chuck wagon recipe that cooks all day and feeds eight hungry hands.
Quelites, a traditional New Mexican spinach and pinto bean side dish with bacon drippings, chili pepper, and hard-boiled egg. A 25-minute Southwestern classic.
Pork and beef chili with cocoa, cinnamon, and a finishing stir of masa harina. The mole-inspired chili that builds dark depth over a slow simmer. Beans optional.
This pie tastes like Pecan pie and can be served with whipped cream, non-dairy whipped topping or a scoop of ice cream.
Acadian eight-bean chili with kidney, white, pink, black, red, pinto, cranberry, and navy beans slow-simmered with bacon, ground beef, beer, tomatoes, and warm spices.
El Charro Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans) recipe
Santa Fe blue corn casserole layers blue cornmeal batter with cumin-spiced pinto beans, green chilies, tomato sauce, and a generous topping of cheese. A Southwestern vegetarian-friendly bake with serious New Mexico flavor.
Crispy pinto bean cakes with jalapeno, cumin, cilantro, and liquid smoke, coated in cornmeal and pan-fried golden. A vegetarian main or appetizer served with fresh salsa.
A big beef rump roast braised low and slow with dried pinto beans, green peppers, and onions in a tangy tomato-vinegar sauce with brown sugar and thyme. Feeds 10 hungry folks.
Midwest chili stews ground beef chuck with onion, garlic, cumin, ground chile, tomatoes, and pinto beans into a thick, brick-red bowl. Hearty heartland-style chili built for cold-weather suppers and game-day spreads.
Eva's beans: Mexican-style pinto beans simmered in beer and bacon with cumin, Mexican oregano, tomatoes, and jalapeño. Hearty, smoky, and ready to serve as side or soup.
Frijoles rancheros with pinto beans, crispy bacon, jalapenos, beer, and tomato paste baked until bubbly. A smoky, spicy Mexican-style bean casserole.
Three-bean salad tossed in a blended herb dressing with nutritional yeast and molasses creates a protein-packed vegan side for potlucks, picnics, or meal prep.
Pork shoulder chili with pinto beans, green olives, and olive juice for a briny twist. Slow-simmered with chili powder, paprika, celery seed, and Tabasco.
The bread tastes delicious with butter when it's still warm.
Vegan pinto bean loaf with mashed beans, tomato sauce, oats, and breadcrumbs topped with ketchup or BBQ sauce. A hearty, high-protein plant-based meatloaf alternative.
