beans de el charro

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56 Pinches
Liberty, TX
Updated on Jan 28, 2012

I won Grand Champion Trophy at a BBQ cook-off a few years back and thought it was time to share my recipe. Soak the beans over night and it cuts the cooking time down. we like it with Mexican cornbread and rice.

prep time 30 Min
cook time 4 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 pound pinto beans washed
  • 1 large onion peeled & chopped
  • 1 gallon water
  • 1 bunch cilantro cleaned & chopped
  • 4 sticks celery cleaned and chopped
  • 1 large bell pepper cleaned and chopped
  • 1 bunch green onions cleaned and chopped
  • 4 tablespoons garlic pressed
  • 3 large jalepeno's ( whole do not cut up)
  • 1 - salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cans ro-tel spicey
  • 2 tablespoons cumen
  • 1 pound bacon chopped
  • 3 medium limes, juiced

How To Make beans de el charro

  • Step 1
    Put water, beans,jalapeno's and cumeno in pot and start to cook 1 hour.Juice from 1 lime. Do not put salt in till beans are cooked.
  • Step 2
    Now put onion, green onion, garlic, celery and bell pepper and bacon in the pot and cook till beans are done. Now put half of ciantro in beans.
  • Step 3
    Now add salt and pepper. Take a cup of beans out and mash them really good it will thicken the juice and make them really tasty Put last of Cilantro in just before serving. Put in crockpot and cook ok high for 2 hours then on low for 4 hours

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