Chris’s Famous Chile Beans

2 lb bag of pinto beans
1 to 1.5 lbs of ground beef
1 14 oz container of Albuquerque Tortilla Red Chile Hot or Mild
2 14 oz or 1 28 oz container of Albuquerque Tortilla Green Chile Hot or Mild
1 8 oz can of tomato sauce
2 16 oz cans of stewed tomatoes drained and cut into quarters
1 yellow onion
Oregano
Salt
Garlic salt or powder

Clean beans (take out rocks and broken beans), rinse and add to crock pot. Fill with water, add onion (whole and peeled) cook for 8 to 10 hours until beans are soft. When beans are ready, transfer to a large stock pot on stove and dispose of onion. Turn on medium heat, cook ground beef, drain and add to beans. Add tomato sauce, chile(frozen or slightly thawed), stewed tomatoes, two pinches of oregano, @ tsp salt and @ tblsp of garlic salt or powder. Season to taste. Cook for about a half hour or until all chile is thawed.

Serve with our Gordita Flour Tortillas .