Canning Dry Pintos....need some ideas

[Dace]

Yesterday I can my first batch of pinto beans

I have 50lb bag of dry pintos so I thought it would be nice to can up a couple of different recipes. I did my first batch plain with a little salt & onions. I would love to make a pork & beans style.....something saucy and savory. Something a little saucy and spicy would be good too... like ranch style beans.

My two canning books are lacking in good recipes so I figured I would ask the pros here

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Yay, beans!
I like this one, its savory, not sweet at all, and just a little spicy
For 1 lb beans
1/4 lb bacon, diced (easier when its semi-frozen)
1/2 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 - 1 cup onion (your taste)

And the other one, little sweeter and hotter, also for 1lb beans
1/4 lb bacon diced
1/4 tablespoon chili powder
1/4 tablespoon cayenne
1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
1/4 - 1/2 cup onion

I never add salt until my beans are done, so I'm thinking when you can these, add salt to taste when you heat to serve. Also, the bacon flavor is really enhanced if you brown the bacon a bit before adding to the beans. Not sure how that would work in pressure canning.
I've also been instructed that when canning beans (or other veggies) with seasoning meat in them, to assemble the ingredients in each jar seperately. That way you don't end up with one jar that has all the pork and none in the rest of the jars
I think I learned that here, but I have no idea who said it. Really good idea though.

 

[Dace]

Oh those sound delish!

I know that you have to be careful pressure canning with fat because it can seep out and not allow the lid to seal....so you have not have problems?

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I haven't had any issues with them. I know others have canned meatloaf and other fat containing things with no issues. That's the next thing I'm going to try, meatloaf.

 

[Dace]

I just can't imagine how you get it out of the jar....I keep picturing the old ship in a bottle

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I'm going to use those wide mouth jars. The ones that have straight sides and no "neck". I can only imagine what it would look like coming out though...

 

[Dace]

A giant turd?

and I thought canned cranberry jelly was unappealing!

 

[noobiechickenlady]

Exactly! Gives a whole new meaning to free's word "Glorp". Thats what I think it'll sound like. *Glorp* *Splat*

 

[Dace]

Yeah I can just imagine my family... *Glorp* *Splat* Dig in guys!


I think they would all run!

 

[freemotion]

Yes, a widemouth jar is a must. And glorp is the word! But the meatloaf shrinks during canning and is semi-floating in a nice bit of broth, so it does come out of the jar quite easily. It is really more like a tender hamburger than a meatloaf, sort of, and I bet you could use it in a lot of different ways. We love it!