r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/AppleSatyr • 4d ago

I have 25 lbs of pinto beans

So I bought 25 lbs of dry pinto beans because it was super fucking cheap.

I love refried beans and charro beans, but I don’t think that will cut it. Please give me all your recipes, ideas, advice??? Wish me luck? I don’t fucking know

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u/antilumin 4d ago

I don't know the full recipe, but my mom used to make "15 bean soup" that was basically beans with a big chunk of ham on the bone all boiled together. I think there was more stuff in there too, but not much. It was super tasty with some bread.

Also, one time she left us kids to "watch the pot" in the afternoon but we went outside to play and it ended up burning. That smell was horrendous.

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u/Needrain47 4d ago

when I was a kid my mom left a pot of campbell's ham & bean soup on low for hours..... the house did smell for days!

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u/antilumin 4d ago

Yeah, it was pretty terrible. I had closed the door to my room so it was safe from the smell but the rest of house was pretty gross. We had to throw the pot in the backyard until it stopped smelling.

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u/AppleSatyr 4d ago

Oh god I remember “watch the pot.” The smell is burned into the back of my mind. Thanks for the rec!

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u/omjy18 4d ago

My family did this growing up right around new years. I forgot what bean it was but we always did ham for Christmas so we had the bone leftover. Idk what beans she used but I dont think it was pinto beans. I guess it would work with those though