Southwestern Baked Beans

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried black beans, rinsed
• 1/4 cup pearl barley
• 1/2 large sweet onion, diced
• 4 tablespoons taco seasoning
• water

Directions

1. 1

   Soak beans for 6 hours or overnight. Drain and mix remaining ingredients in a 2qt casserole. Add enough water to be 1/2" above level of bean mixture. (this was to the top of my casserole dish).

2. 2

   Cover with foil and bake at 375 about 3 hours. Be sure to check after an hour and again after the 2nd hour to see if more water is needed. I ended up adding maybe 1/2 - 1 cup more each time.

3. 3

   This may also be done on the high setting of your slowcooker for 6-8 hours. I just didn't think far enough ahead to do mine that way.

4. 4

   You can substitute dried pintos, or even great northerns, if you don't have black beans.