Erika’s Famous Chile Beans

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs pinto beans
• 1 -1 1/2 lb ground beef
• 1 (14 ounce) container red chili peppers
• 2 (14 ounce) containers green chili peppers
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 (16 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, drained and cut into quarters
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 pinch oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder

Recipe

• 1 clean beans (take out rocks and broken beans), rinse and add to crock pot. fill with water, add onion (whole and peeled) cook for 8 to 10 hours until beans are soft. when beans are ready, transfer to a large stock pot on stove and dispose of onion.
• 2 turn on medium heat, cook ground beef, drain and add to beans. add tomato sauce, chile(frozen or slightly thawed), stewed tomatoes, two pinches of oregano, 1 tsp salt and 1 tblsp of garlic powder.