{"id":3158,"slug":"south-texan-pinto-beans","title":"South Texan Pinto Beans","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 lb (450 g) dry pinto beans","8 cups water","1 ½ tbsp paprika OR ½ tsp each of paprika and pepper","1 ½ tbsp granulated or brown sugar","1 tbsp salt OR 2 tsp salt and a ham hock","1 ½ tbsp chili powder","¼ tsp (or more) garlic powder","1 ½ tbsp dehydrated onion OR ½ small onion, finely diced","1–2 bay leaves","5 cups water"],"ingredients_norm":["dry pinto bean","water","paprika or tsp each of paprika and pepper","granulated or brown sugar","salt or tsp salt and ham hock","chili powder","garlic powder","dehydrated onion or small onion","bay leaf"],"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 an hour, or until tender.","Remove bay leaves.","Do not drain prior to serving, as the liquid is an important aspect of the dish. It can be served using slotted spoon, to allow draining, or with a ladle into small side-dish bowls."],"categories":["American recipes","Texas recipes","Tex-Mex recipes","Recipes using pinto bean","Vegetarian recipes","Side dish recipes","Boiled recipes","Recipes using brown sugar","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using chili powder","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:South_Texan_Pinto_Beans","source_ref":"4515437","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:South_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":"99dba147dd11cf87dc6354cc850b034c4a57ec409b0e3b090c983f7bde1567e0","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:23Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/south-texan-pinto-beans"}