Bean Casserole

skunkmonkey101
skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101
Dover, Florida

A delicious meal. Serve with some Fritos corn chips, or just as is!!

Bean Casserole

A delicious meal. Serve with some Fritos corn chips, or just as is!!

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Ingredients

  1. Pinto bean
  2. 1 pound pinto beans dried
  3. 3 quarts water to soak overnight
  4. 2 teaspoons coarse pink Himalayan salt
  5. 2 tablespoons liquid smoke
  6. 2 tablespoons bacon drippings
  7. 1/2 stick butter
  8. 2-1/2 quarts water
  9. 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  10. 1 teaspoon granulated onion powder
  11. Meat sauce
  12. 1 pound bulk sausage
  13. 9 medium sized Roma tomatoes
  14. 1 quart water to skin tomatoes
  15. 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  16. 1 medium onion
  17. 1 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
  18. 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  19. 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  20. 15 ounces tomato sauce
  21. Black beans
  22. 30 ounces canned black beans
  23. 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  24. 1 teaspoon granulated onion powder
  25. 1 teaspoons pink Himalayan salt
  26. Cheeses
  27. 1/2 cup fontina cheese
  28. 2 cups coarsely shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
  29. 2 cups finely shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
  30. 1/2 cup extra sharp cheddar cheese chunks

Steps

  1. 1

    Presoak the beans overnight at room temperature. Rinse the beans and cover with new water. Add bacon drippings and liquid smoke. Bring to a boil, for 15 minutes, and turn to low heat and cover. Cook stirring occasionally for 1-1/2 hours. Add salt when really tender about 1 hour into cooking.

  2. 2

    Wash the tomatoes. Boil the 1 quart water. Add a tomato for 30 seconds.

  3. 3

    Remove the tomato from the water and peel off skin. Caution it will be hot. Repeat till all are skinned.

  4. 4

    Dice the onion and tomatoes and season with garlic, salt, and onion powder. Add sausage to a hot skillet along with the tomatoes and onions. Brown the sausage.

  5. 5

    Add the sauce, and tomato paste. Add into the sauce the flour. Let simmer till thickened a bit. Preheat the oven 400° Fahrenheit.

  6. 6

    Cook the black beans mashing them add there seasonings and cook down till thickened.

  7. 7

    By now the pinto beans have been cooking for 1 and a half hours. Add butter cook for 15 minutes more.

  8. 8

    Shred the coarse cheese. To an oven safe deep pan add the beans to the bottom. Cover with coarsely shredded cheese. Add the meat sauce then the finely shredded cheese.

  9. 9

    Take just enough pinto beans to cover the next layer. Mash the rest of the pinto beans add the chunked fontina and extra sharp chunk cheeses.

  10. 10

    Stir till creamy and very thick. Pour on top of the casserole and bake 45 minutes.

  11. 11

    Let rest for 15 minutes before serving.

  12. 12

    Serve I hope you enjoy!!!! I used sriracha sauce on mine.

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