Cattleman's Beans

Fantastic recipe given to me by a Texas rancher. Pinto or red beans are cooked with pork sausage. Great blend of spices and flavorings and doubly yummy with a little Jamaican rum and sour cream. Easy and the best beans ever to serve as your main dish with cornbread. You can substitute red beans for the pinto beans.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 4 hr
• Total Time: 4 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 380 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup chopped onion
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 ½ cups tomato juice
• 6 cups cold water
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• ¼ cup sour cream, for topping
• ¼ teaspoon coarse black pepper
• ½ pound bulk pork sausage
• 2 cloves garlic, mashed
• 2 ¼ cups dried pinto beans
• 2 cups peeled tart apple slices
• ¼ cup Jamaican rum

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine cold water and beans in a pot; let stand 8 hours to overnight.

Step 2

Stir butter into the pot with the beans and water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until beans are tender, about 2 hours.

Step 3

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and reserve 2 tablespoons sausage drippings.

Step 4

Stir sausage and reserved drippings, apple slices, tomato juice, onion, brown sugar, garlic, salt, chili powder, mustard, and black pepper into beans. Bring bean mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer until flavors blend, about 2 hours.

Step 5

Stir rum into beans, ladle beans into bowls, and top with sour cream.