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Puerto Rican Pinto Beans is for Dinner.

Puerto Rican Pinto Beans takes several minutes to prepare.

Puerto Rican Pinto Beans takes several minutes to cook.

Puerto Rican Pinto Beans makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Puerto Rican Pinto Beans are:

Puerto Rican Pinto Beans



Ingredients:

1 lb. dried Pinto beans
9 cups water, divided
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tsp. salt or to taste
1 packet of Sazón with achiote
4 oz. tomato sauce
1/4 tsp. ground pepper
2 tbsp. frozen recaíto (chopped cilantro, green peppers, onions) 1/2 lb. cooking smoked ham, diced
1 potato, peeled and cubed

Here is how you make Puerto Rican Pinto Beans:

Preparation: Cook beans in 8 cups of the water for 45 minutes to 1 hour over medium heat. After 20 minutes, add 1 cup of water. When beans are tender, turn off heat and set aside.In a frying pan, heat olive oil, then add remaining ingredients, except potato, to make the sofrito. Turn down heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add sofrito mixture and diced potato to beans. Turn on heat again to medium and cook additional 20 minutes or until mixture thickens and potatoes are fork-tender. Makes 4 servings.Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LUZJUNE.

The nutritional information for Puerto Rican Pinto Beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 390.0

• Total Fat: 6.6 g
• Cholesterol: 23.4 mg
• Sodium: 1,822.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 59.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 17.0 g
• Protein: 24.7 g