best ever pinto beans

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 pound dried pinto beans
• 6 cups water, or more as needed to cover
• 1 smoked ham hock
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 (6.5 ounce) can tomato sauce

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ready Time: 7 hrs 10 mins


• cover pinto beans with water in a large bowl. soak beans for 4 hours, changing water every 30 to 45 minutes. drain.
• bring 6 cups water to a boil in a large pot. add pinto beans, ham hock, and kosher salt to the pot. pour in more water if needed to cover ingredients by at least 1 inch.
• reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beans are just tender, 2 to 3 hours.
• remove ham hock from beans; cut meat from the bone, chop the ham, and return to pot.
• stir tomato sauce and brown sugar into the beans. continue to simmer until beans are tender and flavors are blended, about 1 more hour.