Need pinto bean recipes

I think those are what people in Texas eat.

I've made fresh pinto beans and they didn't take 4 hours to cook. They would have been mush by then. They don't take much longer than any other fresh bean unless you're looking to make refried beans.

If you don't want to fix all of them, put them in the freezer on a baking sheet. Then vac seal them. I stopped parboiling beans and peas when I started freezing them in that manner.

When I made them, I used a pinto bean seasoning from Bodacious BBQ which has some cumin and chili powder in it. Use bacon, salt pork or whatever pork you'd like, add onions, garlic and jalapeno peppers, fresh and chopped. Simmer until tender.

They aren't fresh. Hey are dried

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They aren't fresh. Hey are dried

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Dried will keep a long time, so you don't have to cook all of it at once if you don't want to. Dried cook a bit longer, but not 4 hours.

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There is a garden stand on my way home with fresh purple hull peas and pintos. He sells them out of the back of his truck. Any ideas for cooking those as opposed to canned or frozen?

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I cooked a big pot of purple hulls over the weekend. So darn good.

This time, I used a Cook's hamsteak that I cut up into chunks. I let that low simmer in a little canola oil for a bit until the juices came out. I added chopped onions and let them go a little while. Then, the peas and enough liquid, either water or chicken stock, to cover. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Then, check them. They don't take long to cook. Add the salt when they're done but still hot. I put the pepper in with the liquid.

See my post above for fresh pinto beans. They take a little longer to simmer than the purple hull peas. I just check them until they are the texture I like.