Frijoles Colorado

Red Beans with Ham served over white rice

Recipe from: Hortensia Rodriguez (Betty's mom) and Betty Rodriguez-Hakes

This is the perfect recipe for the left over bone-in ham.  I don't have the exact measurements on this recipe yet.  Here's a guideline on what to do using a pressure cooker.  I'll make this again and work on measuring amounts.  That's one of the issues with documenting family recipes  is downloading your brain into something others can understand.... if you have any questions email me at betty@gourmetbetty.com.

ingredients:

1 small onion, peeled left over ham with bone
1 lbs (package) of red kidney beans
4 cups of water
1 tbls of oregano
2 tsp ground cumin
1  cups of chicken broth (or more see instructions)
1 tsp of fresh ground pepper (or more to taste)
salt to taste
1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups of cooked white rice

1.  Wash beans under cold water and remove dirt, rocks, and broken pieces.

2.  Place the beans and ham in the pressure cooker, and add the water and the whole onion (if the cooker isn't big enough, depending on the size of the ham, you may need to cut the onion in half so everything can fit.)

3.  Lock the lid in place and heat over high to medium-high heat until you hear the cooker achieve pressure.  Set the timer for 8 minutes.

4.  Once the 8 minutes are up, quick release the pressure cooker and open up (lid away from you).  Reduce heat to low and return pan to stove.

5.  Remove the ham and cut ham away from bone, discard bone and return cut ham to pot.  Remove the onion and discard.

6.  Add about 1 cup of chicken broth and 1 cup of tomato sauce.  * note, you want the beans to be covered in liquid about 1 inch above the beans, so adjust chicken broth if necessary.

7.  Add the spices and taste before adding salt as the ham releases salt.

8.  Set the lid on the pressure cooker again and cook for another 5 minutes over medium-high heat (start the timer once the cooker reaches pressure).

9.  Quick release the cooker and taste the beans, adjust the spices if necessary.

Serve over white rice.