Gringo Green Beans Recipes

GRINGO REFRIED BEANS

Steps:

• Cook your Pintos:.
• Wash beans and remove all gravel and such.
• Place beans, water, onions and garlic in pressure cooker.
• Add spices.
• Close lid and bring to pressure.
• Cook on medium heat for 55-65 minutes. Release pressure and test for doneness. Cook an additional 10 minutes, only if needed. Remove the onion and drain the beans, saving ALL of the cooking liquid.
• Get down to the tasty business:.
• Saute the bacon until crispy, remove and devour at will (chef's prerogative!).
• Add the onion to the rendered bacon fat and saute until caramelized (about 8 minutes). Add garlic, jalapeno, and Adobo Seco and saute a couple more minutes, adding some oil if necessary.
• Put sauteed onion mixture in food processor along with about 2 cups of the cooked beans, puree.
• Add the puree to the rest of the beans in the cooking pot- stir to mix.
• Add the juice of one lime and season with salt, stir. Taste the beans. (It can take a lot of salt as this makes a large batch of beans.) Adjust salt to taste. If the mixture seems dry, add a bit of the left-over bean water until you reach the desired consistency.
• Serve topped with cheese. Lots of cheese. :).

BUTTERY GARLIC GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place green beans into a large skillet and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beans start to soften, about 5 minutes. Drain water. Add butter to green beans; cook and stir until butter is melted, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Cook and stir garlic with green beans until garlic is tender and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with lemon pepper and salt.