Charro Beans
Elevate your meal with the hearty goodness of Charro Beans. This flavorful recipe, rooted in Mexican cuisine, combines savory beans, bacon, and spices for a delightful dish. Perfect as a side or main course, it's a taste of tradition that's easy to love. Bonus: Can be effortlessly prepared in a crockpot or on the stove.
Equipment
- 1 Large Pot Or Large Crockpot
Ingredients
- 1 pound pinto beans rinsed and presoaked
- 6 cups water more or less
- 12 ounce bacon
- 9 ounce beef or pork chorizo
- 1 medium onion yellow or sweet
- 1 whole jalapeno
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon chicken bullion
- 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 14.5 ounce can petite diced tomatoes
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Crockpot Instructions
- Add beans, water, bacon, chorizo, garlic, chicken bullion, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, salt, and pepper to crockpot
- Chop onion and jalapeno. Add to crockpot.
- Cook on low for 8 hours.
Stovetop Instructions
- Presoak pinto beans overnight.
- The next morning, place beans in a large pot and add water. Turn on medium heat.
- Cut up bacon and cook in skillet. Once finished, remove bacon from pan and cook chorizo. Finally, once chorizo is finished, remove from pan and add chopped onion and jalapeno to the skillet. Cook until translucent.
- Add the cooked ingredients to the pot of pinto beans. Add salt and pepper.
- Add tomato sauce and diced tomatoes. Stir.
- Cover and cook for 1.5 hours (if you presoaked your beans). Cook time will take approximately 3 hours if you have not presoaked beans.
- 5 minutes prior to end of cook time, add 1 bunch of chopped cilantro.
Notes
While cooking on the stovetop, if you want to keep your pinto beans from busting, have a small pot of boiling water handy in case you need to add water. Do not add cold water. Only add boiling water. My husband said that he is not sure how true it is, as he has not tried this method yet, but he was told this by someone who frequently makes charro beans.