PREPARED BLACK TURTLE BEANS
Don't pay up to $1 per can for black beans when you can make them yourself for pennies! These tasty beans work great in Santa Fe style recipes or as a substitute for refried beans. Tested at high altitude.
Provided by Elizabeth H.
Categories Black Beans
Time 3h10m
Yield 4 quarts
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- The night before: wash beans and remove any debris.
- Place in large mixing bowl and add water to cover plus 4 inches.
- To cook: pour off water from beans and place in 6-quart heavy kettle or dutch oven.
- Add enough water to cover, plus 2 inches.
- Cover and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat but keep boiling at steady rate.
- Boil beans for about 2 1/2 hours or until just tender.
- Stir occasionally.
- Add water as needed.
- (Ideally, at the end of the cooking time, there will be just enough water to cover the beans.) Remove from heat.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir well.
- Allow to cool.
- Scoop 2 cups of mixture into each freezer bag.
- Try to distribute an equal amount of liquid into each bag.
- Squeeze out excess air and seal.
- Freeze.
- To use: Remove bag from freezer and allow to thaw in refrigerator for 24 hours, OR thaw bag in microwave according to manufacturer's directions, OR run warm water over bag to release contents from bag, then place frozen bean mixture in saucepan and heat over low flame until hot.
- Each bag yields 4 servings.
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James Ray
[email protected]Easy to make and very tasty. I served them with rice and they were a hit.
Lokesh Malla
[email protected]The beans were delicious! I loved the smoky flavor and the texture was perfect. I will definitely be making these again.
Sky Mum
[email protected]These beans were a little too spicy for my taste, but I still enjoyed them. I think next time I'll use less chipotle peppers.
Zee Prince
[email protected]I've made this recipe several times and it's always a winner. The beans are always flavorful and the perfect side dish for any meal.
Dsk Dsk
[email protected]I used canned black beans instead of dried beans and they still turned out great. This is a great recipe for a quick and easy weeknight meal.
Mariaa Mariaa
[email protected]These beans were easy to make and tasted delicious. I served them over rice and they were a big hit with my family.
Zombie Player
[email protected]I'm not a huge fan of black beans, but these were really good. The chipotle peppers gave them a nice kick.
Nannozi Annet
[email protected]The beans were delicious! I loved the smoky flavor and the texture was perfect.
EMAN THAPA
[email protected]These beans were a little too spicy for my taste, but I still enjoyed them. I think next time I'll use less chipotle peppers.
Sanjiv Gautam
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly and the beans turned out great. They were flavorful and had a nice, creamy texture.
Omar Gallego
[email protected]Easy to make and very tasty. I served them with rice and they were a hit.
Md mujib Ahmed
[email protected]These beans were delicious! I loved the smoky flavor and the texture was perfect. I will definitely be making these again.
Haha He
[email protected]I've made this recipe several times and it's always a winner. The beans are always flavorful and the perfect side dish for any meal.
Nurnobi HK
[email protected]The beans were a little too spicy for my taste, but I still enjoyed them. I think next time I'll use less chipotle peppers.
PK Rakib
[email protected]I used canned black beans instead of dried beans and they still turned out great. This is a great recipe for a quick and easy weeknight meal.
Liza Hossain
[email protected]These beans were easy to make and tasted delicious. I served them over rice and they were a big hit with my family.
Qamar Zia
[email protected]I'm not a huge fan of black beans, but these were really good. The chipotle peppers gave them a nice kick.
Kimera David
[email protected]I followed the recipe exactly and the beans turned out great. They were flavorful and had a nice, creamy texture.
Jacob Baird
[email protected]These black turtle beans were a hit! They had a delicious smoky flavor and a perfect texture. I will definitely be making them again.