Slow Cooked Smoky Beans

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cups pinto beans

  cleansed and washed
• olive oil cooking spray
• ½ tsp. olive oil
• 1 medium onion

  diced
• 3 garlic cloves

  minced
• 2½ quarts water

  heated to a boil
• 1 chipotle chile pod

  stem and seeds removed and washed
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 dz. BUENO® GRANDMA’S® Tortillas

Instructions

• 1 Place beans in a 5 ½ -6 quart slow cooker.
• 2 Spray 10 inch skillet with olive oil cooking spray.
• 3 Add olive oil and heat skillet to medium heat.
• 4 Sauté onion, stirring as needed for 5 minutes.
• 5 Add garlic and continue to sauté both onion and garlic for 10 minutes. (The
  lower heat will prevent burning and allow longer sauté time.)
• 6 Spoon onion and garlic into slow cooker.
• 7 Pour heated water into slow cooker. (The heated water gives the dish a head
  start in cooking. If preferred, use cold or hot tap water. Remember, if
  additional water is needed once beans have started cooking, heated water is
  necessary to prevent discoloring of beans.)
• 8 Add chipotle chile pod.
• 9 Cover slow cooker; turn heat to high setting and cook for 8 hours. Add heated
  water if beans lose too much water. Beans may be ready in as little as 5 hours.
  Taste test as needed. Longer cooking time adds flavor.
• 10 Toward end of cooking cycle, add salt and stir.
• 11 If thicker consistency is desired, puree 1 cup of beans and stir into slow
  cooker.
• 12 Remove chipotle chile pod. Discard or use as desired.
• 13 Serve with warm tortillas. Refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for later use.

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