Cheesy Pinto Beans

Submitted by Pinay0618

"You can serve this Mexican-flavored dish as a main course or a side dish. Quick to make with canned beans, too. Recipe is from Crisco."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 4 (1700.97 g) can pinto beans, divided, rinsed and drained
• 78.78 ml crisco vegetable oil
• 473.18 ml chopped onions
• 236.59 ml chopped red pepper
• 236.59 ml chopped yellow pepper
• 29.58 ml chopped garlic
• 29.58 ml chili powder
• 9.85 ml ground cumin
• 793.78 g can chopped tomatoes, drained and liquid reserved
• 236.59 ml chicken broth
• 4.92 ml hot pepper sauce
• 118.32 ml chopped cilantro, divided
• 473.18 ml crushed tortilla chips
• 236.59 ml shredded monterey jack pepper cheese or 236.59 ml Mexican blend cheese

directions

1. HEAT oven to 400°F Puree 1 can pinto beans in a food processor.
2. HEAT oil in a Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and peppers. Cook about 10 minutes or until soft. Add garlic, cook 2 minutes. Add chili powder and cumin. Continue cooking 1 minute. Add tomatoes, 1/2 cup tomato liquid, broth, hot pepper sauce and pureed and whole pinto beans. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring often. Add 6 tablespoons cilantro. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. POUR into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with crushed tortilla chips. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven and top with cheese. Return to oven until cheese melts, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining chopped cilantro.

Reviews

[whtbxrmom]

I made this for dinner tonight. I did add extra garlic, which I always do when making a recipe, as we are a family of garlic lovers. We didn't care for the crushed tortilla chips on top. They soaked up the juices and we didn't care for the texture. Next time I will leave them off and adjust the ingredients to give this a little more heat.

 

[LucyS-D]

This is an easy way to prepare beans. Baking in the oven infuses the beans slowly with flavor. Made for My Three Chefs event.