Frijoles Charros
Savor a bowl of Frijoles Charros, a traditional Mexican dish made with beans, sausage, chorizo, and vegetables.
Servings: 6
Equipment
- Kitchen knife
- Prep Bowls
- Cutting board
- Serving spoons
Ingredients
- 6 cups Cooked bayo beans in broth (See recipe for frijoles de la olla here)
- ¼ Onion diced
- 2 cloves Garlic chopped
- 9 ozs Chorizo
- 14 ozs Sausage for grilling
- 9 ozs Bacon diced
- 2 ½ cups Tomato diced
- 2 Serrano Chilis finely chopped
- 1 cup Cilantro finely chopped
Instructions
Chop Veggies and Prepare the Meat
- Dice the bacon, remove the casing and shred the chorizo.
- Slice the sausage into ¼ inch rounds.
- Dice the tomato and onion.
- Finely chop the garlic and chilis.
Cook the Meat, Veggies and Beans
- Heat a pot over high heat. Add the bacon and cook until the fat is released.
- Next, add the chorizo to the bacon and grease. Stir and cook for two minutes.
- Stir the sausage into the pot and cook for two to three minutes.
- Sprinkle the onion into the pot, stir, lower the heat to medium, and cook for one minute.
- Add the serrano chilis to the pot, stir to combine, and cook for one minute.
- Next, sprinkle in the garlic, stir, and cook for a minute.
- Spoon the diced tomatoes into the pot and simmer until the tomatoes release their juices and the liquid reduces slightly.
- Next, spoon in the beans, stir, and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat. No need to cover, but be sure the liquid doesn’t reduce too far down.
Serve and Eat
- Ladle your frijoles charros into a bowl and top with freshly chopped cilantro.
- Serve with warm corn tortillas.