Prepared Black Turtle Beans
photo by Charlotte J
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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4 quarts
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs dry black beans
- water
- 1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
directions
- The night before: wash beans and remove any debris.
- Place in large mixing bowl and add water to cover plus 4 inches.
- To cook: pour off water from beans and place in 6-quart heavy kettle or dutch oven.
- Add enough water to cover, plus 2 inches.
- Cover and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat but keep boiling at steady rate.
- Boil beans for about 2 1/2 hours or until just tender.
- Stir occasionally.
- Add water as needed.
- (Ideally, at the end of the cooking time, there will be just enough water to cover the beans.) Remove from heat.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir well.
- Allow to cool.
- Scoop 2 cups of mixture into each freezer bag.
- Try to distribute an equal amount of liquid into each bag.
- Squeeze out excess air and seal.
- Freeze.
- To use: Remove bag from freezer and allow to thaw in refrigerator for 24 hours, OR thaw bag in microwave according to manufacturer's directions, OR run warm water over bag to release contents from bag, then place frozen bean mixture in saucepan and heat over low flame until hot.
- Each bag yields 4 servings.
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Reviews
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I'm back to finish my review. After freezing the black beans, I pulled them out to use in Recipe #261272. They held their shape nicely after being in the freezer and then back into a hot pot and in the oven. So now, after running the full gambit, your recipe receives 5 Stars. I'll be cooking up my own black beans from now on. Thank you!! ....Oct9, 2010- I'm going to start out with 4 stars at first because these were SO easy to make! I add everything into the pan at the same time as I started cooking the beans. Made for Healthy choice ABC
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Elizabeth H.
Albuquerque, New Mexico