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Quick and Easy Pinto Beans is for Dinner.

Quick and Easy Pinto Beans takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Quick and Easy Pinto Beans takes 150 minutes to cook.

Quick and Easy Pinto Beans makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Quick and Easy Pinto Beans are:

1.5 cups pinto beans soaked overnight (3/4 lbs)
1/2 chopped medium onion
1/2 chopped green bell pepper
4 cherry tomatoes cut in half (or any tomatoes you have,to taste)
1 1/2 dried bay leaves
3 tsps Pinto bean seasoning (or to taste)
2 tsp onion and garlic powder or to taste)
1 clove garlic chopped
2 tsp Salt Free Seasoning or can substitute a Cajun salt seasoned salt if not a concern
3 to 4 strips Turkey bacon (uncooked)
1 smoked turkey neck to taste
1 1/2 tsp chili powder and paprika or
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes or taste
Water enough to cover all ingredients approximately 3 cups more if juicier beans are desired,can add as needed during cooking

Here is how you make Quick and Easy Pinto Beans:

Note: prep time does not include over night soaking beans.,Rinse beans , add to large pot, add all other ingredients except tomatoes, cover, cook on medium heat approximately 2- 3 hours; midway through add tomatoes recover; cook until beans tender ; serveServing Size: MAKES 8 1-CUP SERVINGSNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LIVE4ME2014.

The nutritional information for Quick and Easy Pinto Beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 76.0

• Total Fat: 1.3 g
• Cholesterol: 1.3 mg
• Sodium: 123.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 11.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
• Protein: 5.4 g