Subj : 01/06 National Bean Day 5 To : All From : Dave Drum Date : Tue Jan 04 2022 17:05:38 MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Dave's Multi-Bean Stew Categories: Beans, Chilies, Vegetables, Pork Yield: 6 Servings 1/2 c Dried pinto beans 1/2 c Dried Great Northern Beans 1/2 c Dried Butter beans * 1/2 c Dried Chickpeas (garbanzos) 2 sl Thick-cut bacon 1 ts Bacon dripping from cooking - bacon 1 md Onion; chopped coarse 3 cl Garlic; mashed 8 oz Can tomato puree or paste 8 oz Can El Pato tomato sauce ** 2 ts Ground cumin 1 tb Chilli spice Salt & pepper 1 md Bell pepper; cored, diced 1 Dried red chile; ground Water; as needed * Large white lima beans ** Spicy tomato sauce. If unavailable use an 8 oz can of regular tomato sauce and a tablespoon of Trappey's (or similar) Red Devil hot sauce. Soak beans overnight, if desired. Then drain and add fresh water. Boil the beans hard for 10 to 15 minutes to kick start the conversion of the starches. Reduce the heat to a nice four bubble simmer and cover the pot. Cook until tender but not mushy. NOTE: You can also crock-pot the beans after boiling. Crisp cook the bacon in a largish non-stick skillet. Reserve and crumble the cooked bacon to add into the bean pot or sprinkle as a garnish. Pour off into the drippings can all but sufficient dripping to saute' the alliums. Saute onion and garlic in bacon fat. Add tomato sauces, chilli spice, salt & pepper, parsley and ground red pepper with a little water. Boil for 10-15 minutes. Add to beans and add the cumin at this time, cook for 25 minutes or longer. NOTE: This is a multi-bean standalone side dish version of my chilli beans recipe. It will set your sinuses free and your taste buds a-tingle. Recipe and MM Format by Dave Drum Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... January 6, 2021. ANOTHER day that will live in infamy! --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - telnet://tinysbbs.com:3023 (1:229/452) .