Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, bean casserole. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bean Casserole is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Bean Casserole is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook bean casserole using 30 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
The ingredients needed to make Bean Casserole:
Make ready Pinto bean
Make ready 1 pound pinto beans dried
Get 3 quarts water to soak overnight
Take 2 teaspoons coarse pink Himalayan salt
Get 2 tablespoons liquid smoke
Prepare 2 tablespoons bacon drippings
Take 1/2 stick butter
Make ready 2-1/2 quarts water
Get 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
Prepare 1 teaspoon granulated onion powder
Prepare Meat sauce
Get 1 pound bulk sausage
Prepare 9 medium sized Roma tomatoes
Prepare 1 quart water to skin tomatoes
Make ready 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
Take 1 medium onion
Make ready 1 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
Take 3 tablespoons tomato paste
Make ready 1/4 cup all purpose flour
Prepare 15 ounces tomato sauce
Get Black beans
Make ready 30 ounces canned black beans
Get 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
Prepare 1 teaspoon granulated onion powder
Prepare 1 teaspoons pink Himalayan salt
Prepare Cheeses
Get 1/2 cup fontina cheese
Prepare 2 cups coarsely shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
Take 2 cups finely shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
Make ready 1/2 cup extra sharp cheddar cheese chunks
Instructions
Steps to make Bean Casserole:
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.
Wash the tomatoes. Boil the 1 quart water. Add a tomato for 30 seconds.
Remove the tomato from the water and peel off skin. Caution it will be hot. Repeat till all are skinned.
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.
Add the sauce, and tomato paste. Add into the sauce the flour. Let simmer till thickened a bit. Preheat the oven 400° Fahrenheit.
Cook the black beans mashing them add there seasonings and cook down till thickened.
By now the pinto beans have been cooking for 1 and a half hours. Add butter cook for 15 minutes more.
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.
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.
Stir till creamy and very thick. Pour on top of the casserole and bake 45 minutes.
Let rest for 15 minutes before serving.
Serve I hope you enjoy!!!! I used sriracha sauce on mine.
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