Spicy Bean Soup

Total Time: 16 hrs Preparation Time: 14 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs pinto beans
• 2 lbs bacon, ends
• 2 onions
• 3 poblano peppers
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 5 tablespoons chili powder
• 4 tablespoons cumin
• 4 tablespoons paprika
• 1 can chachery's seasoning or 1 can zatarains type seasoning

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight.
• 2 drain water and put beans into a large stock pot and fill with water about doubling the beans. bring them to a boil. after the beans boil add seasoning except for chachery's.
• 3 dice bacon ends and place in a large skillet rendering bacon until its brown and crispy. remove bacon and set aside. leave bacon drippings in pan.
• 4 dice vegetables and sautee them in the bacon drippings until they are cooked through. add chachery's to vegetables as they cook until they take on a redish brown color from the seasoning.
• 5 remove vegetables and add to beans along with the bacon. simmmer for 1 hour.