How to Cook Beans in a Fire Pit
A fire pit is often considered essential to a camping trip. Cooking beans in this pit has a traditional, as well as nutritional, appeal to it and if cooked right, is among the most easily prepared and deliciously wholesome meals you can make. Making beans in a cast-iron pot allows you to serve it while it is steaming hot and enables you to organize the entire serving without the use of gas or propane. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Beans
- Campfire with a metal grate
- Shovel (optional)
- Rock
- Firewood
- Charcoal
- Cast-Iron pit
- Onion and garlic (optional)
Instructions
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Build an campfire out in a fire pit. If you don't have a fire pit then use a shovel to dig a 2 foot hole and line it up with large chunks of rocks. Line the bottom of the pit with rocks to help retain heat.
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Burn the firewood till the flames die out completely and wood gets down to nothing more than glowing embers. Place some charcoal over them and set a cast-iron pit over the metal grate of your campfire. Once done, fill in the pit by adding water and beans to it.
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Put the chopped onion and garlic in the mixture to add some flavor. The quantity you add depends on your desired taste. Cover the pot with a lid and let the fire burn for about an hour. Don't stir the beans through while the pot is on fire.
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Continue adding some firewood to the campfire to make sure it does not burn out.
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After the recommended cooking time of an hour, stir the beans with a wooden spoon and check them up. They should be more than half way done by this time. However, if the beans have not gone soft by then, you might allow them to cook for another half an hour to hour while pouring in some additional water if they seem to have gone dry. Take them off the heat once they are soft and look deeply cooked.
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Tips & Warnings
Beans can be served as an appetizer.
Beans can also be used in soups and salads.
References
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