{"id":580,"slug":"central-texan-pinto-beans","title":"Central Texan Pinto Beans","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 lb (450 g) dry pinto beans","8 cups water","1 tsp ground black pepper","1 tbsp salt","1 ham bone or a rough equivalent of salt bacon","1–2 bay leaves","5 cups water","A very small amount (3 oz / ~90 g) of that day's brewed coffee (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["dry pinto bean","water","ground black pepper","salt","ham bone or rough equivalent of salt bacon","bay leaf","amount of that day's brewed coffee"],"steps":["Wash beans carefully and soak overnight in 8 cups of water.","Drain and refill with 5 cups of water.","Add all the other ingredients.","Bring to a boil and simmer at least 1 hour, or until tender.","Remove bay leaves.","Do not drain prior to serving, the liquid is an important aspect of the dish.","Can be served using slotted spoon, to allow draining, or with a ladle into small side-dish bowls"],"categories":["Bean recipes","Texas recipes","Recipes using pinto bean","Side dish recipes","Boiled recipes","Recipes using brewed coffee","Recipes using ham"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"10","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Central_Texan_Pinto_Beans","source_ref":"4629680","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Central_Texan_Pinto_Beans&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"8dd1cd37f5559a3a0e4fdbe7d0c3e2744973eff1006540863298199882a20093","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/central-texan-pinto-beans"}