Southwestern Baked Beans
"This is something I came up with when I wanted to use some dried beans but didn't want to have the same old baked beans. I added the barley to get more healthy grains into my family, knowing the color of the black beans would mask it. There are only 4 of us so we ended up having over half of this left after dinner. The leftovers worked great for burrito filling and a vegetarian topping for nachos."
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 cup dried black beans, rinsed
- 1⁄4 cup pearl barley
- 1⁄2 large sweet onion, diced
- 4 tablespoons taco seasoning
- water
directions
- Soak beans for 6 hours or overnight. Drain and mix remaining ingredients in a 2qt casserole. Add enough water to be 1/2" above level of bean mixture. (this was to the top of my casserole dish).
- Cover with foil and bake at 375 about 3 hours. Be sure to check after an hour and again after the 2nd hour to see if more water is needed. I ended up adding maybe 1/2 - 1 cup more each time.
- This may also be done on the high setting of your slowcooker for 6-8 hours. I just didn't think far enough ahead to do mine that way.
- You can substitute dried pintos, or even great northerns, if you don't have black beans.
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I am a mother of 2 young kids, one of which is picky. I came to the 'Zaar looking for new ways to prepare foods to try and get my family to eat healthier. I am proud to say both my picky one and my picky husband are eating a lot more vegtables and liking them!
I love to collect cookbooks (don't we all) because I am always on the hunt for yummy new recipes. When I find a recipe I love, it goes on a 4x6 card and into my recipe box for future use. Since I like trying new things, the recipe has to be pretty special for me to hang on to it. I would say a good 90% of what I make I like, but just not enough for it to be THE recipe. I am generally not a picky eater, I like most things, but am just always on the look out for something different.
I want us to eat healthier and have been preparing healthier foods, but we do enjoy the occasional bad meal. :) I am trying to do a couple all veggie dinners each week, a couple nights of fish, and the rest of the week is a toss up with chicken filling in the majority of the time.
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