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  • Crockpot Pinto-Bean Stew

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    Crockpot Pinto-Bean Stew
    Prep: 30+ min Cook: 5-9 hours Servings: 8
    by RecipeKing
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    Crockpot Pinto-Bean Stew is a delicious, hearty and spicy Tex-mex style recipe with spicy corn meal dumplings. Ingredients include, pinto beans, corn, onions and bell peppers. It is highly spiced and served with a dumpling. Garnished with cilantro and sliced radishes. It is also a healthy, low calories, low fat, low cholesterol, low carbohydrates, vegetarian and Weight Watchers (8) PointsPlus recipe.

    Ingredients

    • Stew
    • 1 (1lb) bag dry pinto beans, soaked (See Tip)
    • 6 cups water
    • 1 medium size onion, chopped
    • 1 medium size red bell pepper, diced
    • 2 celery ribs, sliced
    • 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
    • 2 garlic cloves, minced
    • 2 tbsp chili powder
    • 2 tsp ground cumin
    • 2 tbsp lime juice
    • 1-1/2 tsp salt
    • Dumplings
    • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1/2 cup cornmeal, preferably whole-grain
    • 1/2 tsp baking powder
    • 1/4 tsp salt
    • 2 tbsp cold butter, cut into cubes
    • 1 fresh jalapeño, finely chopped
    • Zest of 1 lime
    • 1/2 cup buttermilk
    • Garnish
    • 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
    • 1/2 cup sliced radishes

    Directions

    1. Drain the soaked beans. Combine the beans, water, onion, bell pepper, celery, corn, garlic, chili powder and cumin in a (5 to 6 quart) slow cooker. Cook on HIGH 4 hours or LOW for 8 hours.
    2. To prepare dumplings: Just before the end of the 4 (or 8) hours cooking time, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in a medium size bowl. Add in the butter and use a pastry blender, two knives or a fork to cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add in the jalapeño and lime zest; toss to coat. Add in buttermilk and stir to form a dough.
    3. After the stew has cooked for 4 (or 8) hours, stir in the lime juice and salt. Using generous tablespoonfuls of dough, drop 8 dumplings on top of the stew. Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 additional hour. Serve each (1-1/4 cup) portion of stew topped with 1 dumpling. Garnish with cilantro and radishes.

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    Comments

    • judee
      judee
      What a great frugal recipe and there is something about beans in the crock pot that is delicious and satisfying. Thanks for the recipe
      • ShaleeDP
        ShaleeDP
        I Like like this!

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