Ingredients

  • 1 cup vegetable broth (good when made with broth from potato peels, onion skins and garlic!)
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 2 large onions, chopped
  • 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1 1/2 cups dried pinto beans, rinsed, sorted, and soaked overnight
  • 2 teaspoons oregano (mexican oregano, if you can find it)
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 2 chipotle chiles (if dried, stem and mince. If canned, smash and add a bit of the adobo sauce)
  • 4 cups water
  • 2 cups corn kernels
  • 3 ounces tomato paste
  • 1 lime, juice of
  • salt and pepper
  • To Garnish
  • diced tomato
  • diced avocado
  • minced cilantro
  • chopped green onion

Method

  • Place 1 cup of vegetable broth in 4 quart (or larger pressure cooker). Bring to a full simmer.
  • Add garlic to broth, simmer 1 minute.
  • Add chopped onions and diced red bell pepper to garlic broth mix. Simmer 2 minutes.
  • Drain and rinse pinto beans from overnight soak. Add to the mixture in the pressure cooker.
  • Add oregano, cumin, chipotle peppers, corn and water to the pressure cooker.
  • Bring to a full boil. Seal cooker with lid and bring to high pressure.
  • Cook beans at high pressure for 10 minutes. Allow pressure to come down naturally (or you may use speed release if your pressure cooker supports this).
  • Put tomato paste in blender. Add 1 cup of the bean mixture to the blender and puree.
  • Return the pureed mixture to the cooker and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Garnish with diced tomatoes, cilantro and avocado and green onions.