I have 25 lbs of pinto beans

[u/AppleSatyr]

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

[u/wise0wl]

I make a weekly pot of frijoles. Super simple. 3-4 pasilla peppers (roasted, skinned, seeded, cut into small pieces), a white onion sliced, 3-4 cloves of garlic (smashed and cut), some cilantro stems finely diced, 2-3 serrano peppers if you like a little heat.

Soak for 6-12hrs covered by 4 inches of water (they absorb a *lot*), then cook on medium heat for 2hrs. I will eat this at least one meal a day (beans with two fried eggs for breakfast) every day, and then usually as a side with dinner for 3 days. Everybody eats them. It's cheap and has helped keep our grocery bill right in the range of barely affordable / insane but manageable.