Salads & sides

Quick Pinto Beans

photo by:kraft

Easy and very tasty. My daughter even asked for the recipe to take back to college with her. Good way to use up leftover ham. I served it with corn bread and orange slice...read more

posted by

e-matyas

on 1/5/2011

time

prep:

10 min

total:

35 min

servings

total:

12 servings, about 1/2 cup each

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What You Need

Tbsp. oil

pkg. (6 oz.) OSCAR MAYER Smoked Ham, chopped

cup chopped onions

serrano chiles, sliced

cloves garlic, minced

1/2

cup cilantro, chopped

1/4

cup GREY POUPON Dijon Mustard

cans (15 oz. each) pinto beans, undrained

Make It

HEAT oil in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add next 4 ingredients; cook 3 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in cilantro and mustard; cook 2 min., stirring frequently.

DRAIN 2 cans of beans; add to ham mixture. Stir in remaining 2 undrained cans. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 10 min., stirring occasionally.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Substitute 1 sliced jalapeño pepper for the serrano chiles.

Special Extra

Top each serving with 1 tsp. BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream.

servings

total:
12 servings, about 1/2 cup each

healthy living information

Good source of fiber

Low fat

Good source of vitamin A or C

carb choices

carb choices:
1-1/2

diet exchange

1 -1/2 Starch + 1 Meat (L)

nutrition bonus

Spice up your mealtime with these low-fat pinto beans. As a bonus, the chiles are a good source of vitamin C, and the beans are an excellent source of fiber and contain iron!

nutritional info per serving

per serving

Calories

170

Total fat

2 g

Saturated fat

0 g

Cholesterol

5 mg

Sodium

630 mg

Carbohydrate

26 g

Dietary fiber

8 g

Sugars

1 g

Protein

11 g

Vitamin A

6 %DV

Vitamin C

15 %DV

Calcium