365 pinto bean recipes

Three bean salad with pinto beans, chickpeas, and steamed green beans in a rice vinegar and lemon dressing with pimentos. Diabetic-friendly, vegan, and served chilled on lettuce.

Hearty vegetable stew piles soaked pinto beans, corn noodles, carrots, broccoli, peas, corn, and green beans into a tomato-sauce broth. A vegan, freezer-friendly stew with five-vegetable depth.

Ground sirloin, pinto and kidney beans simmer in cumin-spiced tomato broth for hearty, stick-to-your-ribs chili. Easy weeknight comfort food.

Dump-it-all slow cooker stew with chickpeas, pinto beans, beef shank, smoked ham hock, kielbasa, and potatoes. Set it and forget it for up to 16 hours.

Traditional Italian Pasta Fagioli Bean Soup recipe

Jack's barbecue pintos: dried pinto beans slow-simmered until tender, then finished with sauteed bacon, onions, garlic, and green chilies. Smoky, hearty cookout side that beats anything from a can.

From-scratch chili and beans with dried pinto beans, ground beef, tomatoes, and a paprika-thyme spice base. Slow-simmered in two pots then combined.

Goldwater's expert chili slow-simmered 5 hours with dried pinto beans, coarsely ground beef, tomato paste, and red pepper flakes. No-frills, Arizona-style bean chili.

Hot cheddar bean dip with mashed pinto beans, green chiles, and hot sauce baked until bubbly. Five ingredients, minimal prep, and maximum cheesy, spicy flavor for game day or any gathering.

Frijoles a la charra (Mexican ranch-style beans) with bacon, jalapenos, tomato, and cilantro simmered in their own broth. A smoky, spicy pinto bean side dish ready in 35 minutes.

If you want to try something new for dinner, then you'll enjoy this delicious dish made with bacon slices, jalapeno peppers and pinto beans.

Vegan stuffed peppers filled with mashed pinto beans, tomatoes, celery, and basil, topped with nutritional yeast and baked. A hearty plant-based main dish.

Easy chile with ground beef, pinto beans, and stewed tomatoes simmered low and slow in one pot. A thick, warming bowl of comfort that feeds six hungry folks on a busy weeknight.

Beau's notes: * There are no "jalapeno beans;" there are jalapeno peppers and pinto beans. I have two recipes, both of which are quite tref, but a Catholic should worry? But if you are hosting a Jewish person, smoked turkey will substitute most agreeably for the chazer called for in either recipe.]

Four-bean casserole with pork and beans, pinto, kidney, and green beans baked in chili sauce and brown sugar. A dump-and-bake potluck side dish for a crowd.

Frijoles Borrachos simmer dried pinto beans with beer, bacon, jalapenos, tomato sauce, cumin, and oregano until thick and tender. Authentic Mexican drunken beans from scratch.