How to Use pinto bean in a Sentence

pinto bean

noun
  • Soup beans are pinto beans that have been simmered with water, salt, pepper, and—if desired—ham.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The pinto bean is one of the most popular beans in the U.S.
    Cate Geiger Kalus, Country Living, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Thus, by the time Covid set in, my confidence was the size of a pinto bean.
    Elena Lacey, Wired, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Serve with spicy pork, some hearty black or pinto beans and greens.
    Kari Sonde, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Rinse and pick over 2 cups dried black, red or pinto beans.
    Tina Danze, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The ribs also lurk in a thick bowl of the pinto bean soup called pasulj.
    Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The creamy pinto beans are best paired with some chow chow and cornbread.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023
  • So are legumes, so fill up on foods such as lentils, pinto beans, and kidney beans.
    Nina Bahadur, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Rinse 2 cans of pinto beans and dump them in your skillet with all that tasty chorizo fat in it.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 5 Aug. 2017
  • For just $4, there’s chunky guacamole or $3 for pinto beans, both plain and ready to customize with all of the above.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The shiny, coffee-colored gem is roughly the size of a pinto bean, according to the park.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2022
  • Add the pinto bean mixture and cook for 4-5 minutes until brown and crispy.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Add tomatoes, pepper flakes, black beans, pinto beans and juice of two lemons.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Taquitos are stuffed with ground beef, pinto beans and cheddar and served with a sides of green chile queso and salsa.
    Georgann Yara, azcentral, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Having pinto beans and black beans will then give you two plant points versus one.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Stir in the kidney beans, pinto beans, corn, chile powder, salt, black pepper, oregano, thyme, and 4 cups of water.
    Lois Ellen Frank and Walter Whitewater, Saveur, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Baby back ribs licked with a cherry glaze, pinto beans stewed with peaches, smoky brisket heaped atop a Frito pie.
    San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Hide eggs or jelly beans (or dried pinto beans); hide the Afikomen or even a piece of cardboard painted to look like matzo.
    New York Times, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Black beans, kidney beans, and pinto beans can be used in a variety of other dessert recipes, too.
    Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 19 July 2017
  • Guacamole, Monterey Jack, sharply spicy chiltepin salsa and pinto beans round out the tidy package.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Goya Foods has delivered 24 million cans of black beans, pinto beans and other items to retailers in the past week.
    New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020
  • The aroma of pinto beans simmering in a pot with onions and tomatoes reminded me of my late abuelita Martha.
    Roxana Becerril, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The Sophia Smith Bowl: Chicken, brown rice, black beans, pinto beans, tomatillo-red chili salsa, roasted chili-corn salsa, sour cream, and cheese.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Add cilantro or brown rice, black or pinto beans, salsas and other toppings ranging from bacon to sour cream.
    Georgann Yara, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Burritos come with choice of Mexican rice, black beans, pinto beans or refried beans, meat, cheese and sour cream.
    Georgann Yara, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2018
  • David Breeden, the chef de cuisine at the French Laundry, recalled the pinto beans and corn bread that his mother made in eastern Tennessee.
    Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Ryan Polk, 36, was also at the supply stop with his fiancée, Mandy Rye, 35, serving up free plates of rice, beef and pork tacos, and pinto beans with sausage and deer meat to make the drivers’ wait more bearable.
    Quint Forgey, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Think white miso in a lemon-herb marinade for tofu feta, sprinkled on a pinto bean tortilla salad.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 30 Sep. 2020
  • This is frustrating, especially since most of us don't have hundreds of pinto beans on hand.
    Medea Giordano, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The families are drained after weeks of travel, coughing children and pinto beans.
    Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2018

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