2 cups
dried pinto beans
6 cups
water
5 slices
bacon sliced into 1-inch pieces
Clean rocks/sticks/debris
from beans. Rinse beans. Add beans to 6 cups of water (3qt pot) add
uncooked bacon to pot. Bring to boil,
cover and reduce heat to low/simmer. Stir lightly every 30 minutes to make sure
nothing has stuck to the bottom of the pan.
Cook for 2 hours.
Saute’ ½ cup
finely chopped yellow onion in 1 Tbsp olive oil until lightly browned (about 10 minutes).
Add to bean mixture:
Sautéed
onion
1 tsp
minced garlic
½ tsp
fresh ground pepper
2 Tbsp (or
more to taste) finely chopped jalapeno peppers (NO seeds)
Heat
through to blend all for 30-60 minutes.