Western Beans

Recipe Cuisine: Misc.
Recipe Category: Misc.
Recipe Serves: 8

Recipes Ingredients:

4 Bacon strips, diced
1/4 ts Dried red pepper flakes
1 lg Onion, chopped
1 Bay leaf
1/3 c Dry lentils
1 cn Whole tomatoes with liquid,
1 1/3 c Water
-chopped (16 oz)
2 tb Ketchup
1 cn Pinto beans, drained (15 oz
1 ts Garlic powder
1 cn Kidney beans, drained
3/4 ts Chili powder
-(16 oz.)
1/2 ts Ground cumin

Recipe Instructions:

Lightly fry bacon in a heavy 3-qt. saucepan. Add onion; cook until transparent. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat for 45 minutes or until lentils are tender, stirring only once or twice. Remove bay leaf before serving.