Mexican
Frijoles Charros (Cowboy Beans)
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Frijoles Charros (Cowboy Beans) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the protein alongside and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cook the bacon in a pot until crisp, then remove and set aside, leaving the fat behind.
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Crumble the chorizo into the same pot and cook until it renders its fat, about 5 minutes.
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Add the onion, tomato, and serrano chile and cook 5 minutes until softened.
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Add the beans with their liquid, bring to a simmer, and cook 15 minutes to let the flavors combine.
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Return the bacon, stir in the cilantro, and serve in a cup beside grilled meat. A norte marker on this shelf.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Frijoles Charros (Cowboy Beans), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Frijoles Charros (Cowboy Beans) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 570 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 46 g
- Fiber
- 6 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 380 mg
- Saturated fat
- 16 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Frijoles Charros (Cowboy Beans) takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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