Portuguese Beans

For my Chat buddies and whoever likes a hearty cold-weather dinner! This recipe comes from the Mom of a childhood friend. She never saw a kid that could put away Portuguese Beans like me! Enjoy!

Karen :~D


Portuguese Beans

2 lb Dried Pinto Beans / clean and soak overnight
(May sub 3 large cans Pinto Beans, cooking in a
pot on the stove instead of using a Crock Pot)
1 Stick Linguisa, / cubed & cooked / save fat, set aside
2 medium size cans Tomato Sauce
1 medium size can Diced Tomatoes
1 lb ground Chuck
1 onion chopped
¼ tsp Cinnamon
¼ tsp Ground Cumin
2 cloves Garlic / chopped fine
Salt & Pepper to taste
Dash of Sugar

Cook beans in salted water (or soak overnight) per package instruction reserving liquid (if using canned beans, drain, reserving liquid aside). Fry cubed Linguisa until cooked, add ground Chuck, Onion and Garlic and continue until onions become soft. Place meat mixture and beans in large crock pot. Add tomato sauce, spices and sugar.

Cover and cook until beans are soft (all day in a crock pot with dried bean option, 45 minutes to an hour on stove with canned beans), stirring occasionally. Use reserved bean water and Linguisa fat if needed for moisture during cooking.

Serve with Green Salad, French bread and Red Wine!


NOTE: Please notice I added "or soak overnight" to the first paragraph....sorry for the omission

This message was edited Sep 22, 2006 10:02 AM