This Protein-Packed Pot Of Beans Is For The Meat Lovers... and Cowboys

Bowl of frijoles charros (beans, broth, sausage) topped with cilantro, onion, lime, and served with tortillas

March 4, 2024

We see your Girl Dinner and raise you Cowboy Dinner. Frijoles charros, (named after Mexican cowboys who ate them to fuel a hard day's work) are the ultimate camping or potluck dish, and like all good guisos, they only get better with time. They're typically made with pinto beans, for which our Heirloom Bayo Beans are an ideal substitute. This particular recipe, lightly adapted from Gemma Aguayo-Murphy of Everyday Latina, is a hearty, meaty stew with beans featuring onion, garlic, and salted pork. We like adding chorizo, hot dogs, jalapeño, and tomatoes for the ultimate one-pot meal — just add tortillas and a cold beer.

Bayo Beans

Frijoles Charros

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Ingredients

For Frijoles Charros:

5-6 cups cooked bayo beans with liquid
½ onion, diced
2 diced jalapeño (optional)
2 roma tomatoes, diced
5 slices bacon, sliced into ½-inch squares
½ lb chorizo
4 sliced hot dogs
4 cups beef or chicken stock

To Serve:

Cilantro, chopped
Onion, diced
Corn tortillas

Directions

Start by cooking sliced bacon in a large pot or dutch oven until it’s slightly crispy. Set aside.
In the same pot, cook chorizo until done, breaking it up with a spoon as needed. Set aside.
Add sliced hot dogs to the pot and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Set them aside.
Next, sauté diced onions until soft. For extra heat, add diced jalapeños. Once softened, add diced tomatoes and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Then, reintroduce the bacon, chorizo, and hot dogs.
If there’s excess fat from bacon and chorizo, carefully remove some with a spoon.
Pour in cooked bayo beans with enough liquid to make a thick soup. We used an additional 4 cups of homemade chicken stock. Bring the mixture to a boil, then let it simmer for 5 minutes.
Season the dish with salt and pepper according to your taste.
Serve the frijoles charros in bowls as a main dish or side. Garnish with chopped cilantro and diced onions, and serve with warm tortillas. ¡Provecho!

All Comments

I agree…. Hot dogs have no place in Frijoles Charros or any other true Mexican dish!

LOVE frijoles charros! You are right that the recipe is flexible, but I think the variety of meats adds something to the dish. I like adding some Modelo Negra to the stock to make the soup base.

It’s a pretty flexible recipe — feel free to sub in sausage or just leave it out!

Kinda lost me with the addition of hot dogs 😬👎

This Protein-Packed Pot Of Beans Is For The Meat Lovers... and Cowboys

This Protein-Packed Pot Of Beans Is For The Meat Lovers... and Cowboys

Bayo Beans

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Frijoles Charros

Ingredients

For Frijoles Charros:

To Serve:

Directions

All Comments

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Read More

A Guide to Masa Harina

How to Get Your Tortillas to Puff Every Time

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