# Frijoles Charros

These frijoles charros are the best beans I have ever eaten. They have haunted me for 7 years and now I can finally make them.

- Total time: 150 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pack pinto beans
- 1 onion
- 1 jalapeño
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 smoked ham hock
- 1 spoon chicken bouillon
- 1 pack bacon
- 1 handful cilantro stems
- 1 cup tomatoes
- 0.5 can canned diced jalapeños
- 1 handful cilantro
- 0.5 Dark beer toward end

## Instructions

1. Clean the pinto beans and pick out any that don't look right.
2. Put the beans in a pot.
3. Add in one onion, one jalapeño, six cloves of garlic, one smoked ham hock, and one spoon of chicken bouillon.
4. Cover the pot and bring it to a boil. Turn it down to low and check after one and a half hours.
5. Slice up a whole pack of bacon and cook covered until it's crispy.
6. Remove the bacon and drain off most of the fat.
7. Add in onions, jalapeños, and cilantro stems and cook covered for 10 minutes.
8. After 10 minutes, add in some garlic.
9. After a couple of minutes, add in tomatoes. Cook covered for about 10 minutes.
10. After 10 minutes, remove the cover and cook this down until it becomes a jam-like consistency.
11. Remove the big pieces from the beans and pull the meat off the ham hock and cut it into chunks. Also, pull the skin off and cut it into small pieces.
12. Put the ham hock, the bacon, and the tomato-onion mixture back into the pot with the beans and give it a good mix.
13. Add some of the juice and half of the can of canned diced jalapeños. Use however much you like.
14. Add a big handful of cilantro and cook covered for another half an hour.
15. Plate up the beans and finish with a couple of cilantro leaves.

## Equipment

- pot
- bowl
- skillet
- tongs
- knife
- cutting board
- spoon

## Tips

- Remove the big pieces from the beans.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-11-29

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