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southwestern red beans & oxtails

Recipe by
laurie diggs
fort worth, TX

Good meal for a cold night or Sunday dinner with hoe cakes or cornbread

yield 4 or 5
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 3 Hr 45 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For southwestern red beans & oxtails

  • 5 lb
    oxtails
  • 1 lb
    pinto beans, dried or red kidney bean
  • 1 jar
    salsa, chunky(your favorite)
  • 1 pkg
    taco seasoning mix
  • 3 sprig
    cilantro, fresh

How To Make southwestern red beans & oxtails

  • 1
    Take your Oxtails & place them in a large pot or dutch oven. Add the taco seasoning to them & cover with water. Turn the stove on Med/High & let cook for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. No take the dried beans & place in a pot & cover them w/water, then bring them to a boil for 20 minutes. Now cut the beans off & cover for 1 hour. Once the oxtail are almost done(tender)take the soaking beans & drain them, then add to the oxtails. Let them cook another 30 mins to an hour depending on your stove. Taste the mixture & season according with salt & a pinch of sugar if needed once the oxtails & beans are tender, then add the cilantro & serve with your choice of bread.

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