Jalapenos, bell peppers, a mix of cheeses,
pinto beans instead of black beans... make this recipe your own!
The only change I made was to use a can of
pinto beans instead of black beans — daughter's preference.
I didn't have cilantro and it was still great, and I used
pinto beans instead of black.
I used sweet potatoes but you could use regular potatoes, or if you don't have black beans, use great northern beans or
pinto beans instead.
I use
pinto beans instead of kidney beans, I only use the can of Rotel and not the can of diced tomatoes.
Jalapenos, bell peppers, a mix of cheeses,
pinto beans instead of black beans... make this recipe your own!
Not exact matches
If you like
pinto, navy or red kidney
beans, use those
instead.
And
instead of all the oil in those packaged dogs, I used
pinto beans, with flax and rolled oats to absorb moisture and keep them tender.
I didn't have any
pinto beans cooked up, but had some leftover red
beans and a few garbanzo
beans also, so I used them
instead!
I can change out ingredients to give it a different spin each time, sweet potatoes
instead of white, black
beans instead of
pintos, collard greens or kale to give it a nutritional boost... But I'm fortunate to live in a place where there is a lot of diverse cuisine available in either dining out or ethnic market formats, so I don't have to choose just one:)
I used kale
instead of collard greens because it was on sale, swapped the sweet potatoes for roasted red potatoes, and used
pinto beans because I could not find any adzuki
beans that were less than $ 2.50 per can.
To make this vegetarian and very inexpensive, substitute the shrimp for
pinto beans and use 4 limes
instead of 5!
When I got the recipe many years ago from a co-worker she used
pinto beans and kidney
beans, and
instead of the white corn she put in hominy.
Next time would just use a can of heated refried
beans instead of mashing the
pinto beans.
Instead of
pinto beans, mung
beans substitute in the refried
beans.
The only difference was that I used garbanzo
beans instead of
pintos because we were out of
pintos.
I used black
beans instead of
pinto and a can of lentils rather than dried, then carrots
instead of capsicum, chilli paste
instead of powder and it was divine!
Instead, a mix of chicken, sweet potatoes, tomatillo salsa, and
pinto beans — plus near effortless prep — gives you a flavorful and satisfying «bowl of green.»
I played with the recipe a bit — I used black
beans instead of
pinto beans, and it wasn't spicy enough for my liking so I added some cumin to the sweet potatoes.
But
instead of the traditional variety with carrots and celery, she used salsa and
pinto beans, and threw it all in the slow cooker.
I had to make a few small adjustments — I used only 1 TBSP of oil to lower the calories, kidney
beans instead of
pinto (they were cheaper), regular chilies
instead of chipotles (you can't get chipotles in adobo here in the UK unless you order them online... You can get the dried ones a little more easily, but I already had fresh chilies on hand), coriander powder
instead of seeds since I had no seeds, and I added a dash of liquid smoke to make up for the lack of chipotle smoke.
Toss in kidney
beans,
pinto or white
beans instead of black
beans.
For the
beans I used black
instead of
pinto, a whole jalapeno, cooked in chicken broth
instead of water, and added some salsa.