Frijoles Borrachos: Drunken Beans

Recipe courtesy Aaron Sanchez

Show: Melting PotEpisode: Nuevo Latino--Beans Show

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (6)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(6)

Cook Time:
1 hr 0 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 0 min
Total:: 1 hr 15 min

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Ingredients

1 pound dried pinto beans
2 whole tomatoes, roughly chopped
1/2 white onion, diced
1 pickled jalapeno, thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic
2 fresh bay leaves
1 tablespoon dried Mexican oregano
12 ounces dark beer
2 quarts water
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Wash the beans thoroughly in cold water, discarding any stones or rotten beans.

Place the beans in a wide, short saucepot (rondeau), and cover with water by 2 inches. Cook for 30 minutes, and then, add the tomatoes, onions, jalapeno, garlic, bay leaves, oregano, and beer. Cook until the beans are tender, about another 30 minutes.

With a potato masher, crush the beans, to thicken the bean liquid. Adjust the seasonings with salt and pepper.

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recipe Frijoles Borrachos: Drunken Beans
e San Diego, CA 02-01-2009
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Great Beans
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made them as directed. I used Mississippi Mud for the dark beer. My friends love them and took left over?s home with them.
recipe Frijoles Borrachos: Drunken Beans
mario el paso, TX 06-14-2008
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Tasty but modified
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

When i first saw 1 hour cook time, i laughed because i come from a mexican family and no way they come out ready in 1 hour. I... also used rotella instead of tomatoes and used 2 raw jalapenos. I also used corona instead of dark beer and added cut up bacon, cut up hot dogs, pork cracklings and chorizo to it and used a crock pot and let them marry each other. in 5 hours perfect bliss and rave reviews.Read more
recipe Frijoles Borrachos: Drunken Beans
Julie Olympia, WA 08-25-2007
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Yummy legumes.
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made these in my slow cooker. There is no way to cook a dry pinto bean to an edible state in one hour unless you use a... pressure cooker. These beans were excellent, but I cooked them for about five hours, on cinco de mayo. My guest wanted to know what state the beans started in and I told her dried. She was very surprised that only after five hours they were tender and ready to eat.Read more
recipe Frijoles Borrachos: Drunken Beans
Kirstin Shireview, MN 04-02-2007
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Soak the beans!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

The flavor was delicious, but in no way are the beans done in one hour from a dry state on the stove. I recommend allowing... more time for the beans to simmer (2+ hours) in the beer/broth. Also, I had a ham hock in the freezer and threw that in--yum!--and I used Rotel tomatoes/chilies combination (mild).Read more
recipe Frijoles Borrachos: Drunken Beans
Anonymous 11-05-2006
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Viva el Frijoles....
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

First time I made beens... I made them in a slow cooker tam bien and the aroma was magnifico. I left out the cerveza because... that just didn't seem right to me plus my little ninos. I'm a cabacho turned beener for sure eh..Read more
recipe Frijoles Borrachos: Drunken Beans
Julie Aptos, CA 04-19-2006
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Easy & tasty
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Easy and tasty, plus they make the kitchen smell great while they're cooking! Try them in a slow cooker for a no-fuss meal.