Borracho Beans

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups dried pinto beans
• 3 quarts water
• 12 ounces dark beer
• salt
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 serrano peppers, seeded and minced
• 1 lb bacon, cut in 1-inch pieces
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 roma tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup cilantro, minced

Recipe

• 1 sort through the beans. look for small rocks and debris.
• 2 place in a large bowl and rinse several times. lift beans out by hand into a clean bowl of water. do not pour beans as there may be sand and debris at the bottom of rinse bowl.
• 3 fill bowl with water and soak beans overnight. drain off soaking water.
• 4 in a large soup pot, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil and add beans & beer.
• 5 lower heat to simmer, cover pan and cook about 2 hours.
• 6 when the beans are light brown and soft, add salt, garlic and serrano peppers.
• 7 in a skillet over medium-high heat, fry bacon pieces and onion until bacon is crisp. add to beans.
• 8 lastly, add the cilantro and fresh tomatoes. simmer for another hour. (either peel the tomatoes first or skim off bits of peel as they float to the top during cooking.).
• 9 serve with flour or corn tortillas. cornbread is great, too!
• 10 *if you are too busy to babysit a pot of beans, after the overnight soak, simmer in your crock pot; 3 cups of beans for a large crock pot, 2 cups of beans for a smaller crock pot. cooking time for pre-soaked beans = 5-6 hours on low heat.".