Cattlemans Beans

Fantastic recipe given to me by a Texas rancher. Pinto or red beans are cooked with pork sausage. Great blend of spices and flavorings and doubly yummy with a little Jamaican rum and sour cream. Easy and the best beans ever to serve as your main dish with cornbread. You can substitute red beans for the pinto beans.

Step: 1

Combine cold water and beans in a pot; let stand 8 hours to overnight.

Step: 2

Stir butter into the pot with the beans and water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until beans are tender, about 2 hours.

Step: 3

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and reserve 2 tablespoons sausage drippings.

Step: 4

Stir sausage and reserved drippings, apple slices, tomato juice, onion, brown sugar, garlic, salt, chili powder, mustard, and black pepper into beans. Bring bean mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until flavors blend, about 2 hours.

Step: 5

Stir rum into beans, ladle beans into bowls, and top with sour cream.

Per Serving: 380 calories; protein 16.6g; carbohydrates 49.9g; fat 11.4g; cholesterol 27mg; sodium 999mg.

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