Frijoles

Total Time: 8 hrs 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 cups dried pinto beans
• 1 large onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin or 1/2 teaspoon comino
• 1 piece salt lamb or 1 piece bacon or 1 piece ham
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• water

Recipe

• 1 the night before, put the beans in the pot you will use, and fill the pot to the top with water.
• 2 in the morning, drain the water.
• 3 add fresh water, to a height of 4# over the beans.
• 4 add the lamb, onion, garlic, and seasonings.
• 5 simmer on low on the stove all day, or in a crockpot.
• 6 you may need to add water.
• 7 the beans are done when they are soft if you smoosh one between you finger and thumb.
• 8 it won't hurt them to cook longer, because even if they get mooshy they have their uses!
• 9 if you should burn the beans, immediately drain them and switch to a new pot with new water.
• 10 add one raw potato, cut in half, to the beans.
• 11 when the beans are done toss the potato, because the burnt taste will be in it.