Canning Plain Pinto Beans

 

 

We eat a lot of pinto beans around here so I try to keep several jars canned up of plain beans and beans with bacon.

The plain beans I use in recipes, chili and to make refried beans with. The beans with bacon we just open, heat and eat they are so nice to have on hand after a very busy day that I haven’t had time to get something fixed for dinner. I will show you how to do the plain beans today, then I will do the beans with bacon in a few days. I like this recipe because you do not have to soak the beans.

First start with clean beans. ( Always sort through and rinse your beans even if they say precleaned They will still have dirt in them.)

 

 

In a quart Jar put

1 1/3 cups dry pinto beans

 

¼ tsp. onion salt

 

1 ½ tsp salt

 

 

½ tsp. garlic salt

 

½ tsp Chili powder ( optional) we like the flavor that it gives to the beans

 

 

 

Fill Jars with boiling water to 1 inch of top

 

 

 

Boil your rings and lids if using older lids boil for a little longer to help soften up the rubber.

 

Put the lids and rings on your jars .

 

Pressure for 75 min at 15 pounds of pressure. ( this is for altitudes above 6000 to 8000 feet) you can go here to check what pressure you need for your altitude
For pints use ¾ cup beans and process for 50 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To make refried beans pour a jar into your pan warm up then with a mixer just mix them until the consistency of refried beans.

 

So nice to have on hand.