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charro beans (sallye)

(1 rating)
grandedame avatar
Recipe by
sallye bates
@grandedame
Austin, TX

I see quite a few charro bean recipes on the site, but here's one more. See directions for cooking either on stove top or in the crockpot. Try this recipe, I think you will make it one of your go-to recipes.

(1 rating)
yield 4 to 6
prep time 10 Min
cook time 4 Hr
method Stove Top

Ingredients For charro beans (sallye)

  • 1 lb
    dried pinto beans, washed & sorted
  • 1 can
    hunts tomato sauce
  • 1 can
    ro-tel tomatoes
  • 2 tsp
    ground oregano
  • 1 Tbsp
    ground cumin
  • 1 Tbsp
    garlic powder (or 3 crushed fresh cloves)
  • 2 md
    bay leaves
  • 1 lg
    white onion, diced
  • 2 lg
    jalapeno pepper, diced **
  • 1 bunch
    cilantro, chopped
  • 2 lg
    ham hocks or 4 slices of salt pork
  • 1 Tbsp
    chili powder
  • salt & pepper to taste

How To Make charro beans (sallye)

  • 1
    Wash and sort beans and place in large stew pot Cover with approximately 4 quarts of water Place on burner at high heat until boiling briskly, then turn down to medium
  • 2
    Add all ingredients, including ham hock to beans and mix well, let cook at medium heat for a few minutes, then turn down heat to barely simmering Cover and cook at barely simmering heat for at least 4 hours (until beans are tender) Check frequently and add water if needed(dried beans soak up a lot of water)
  • 3
    ALTERNATE CROCKPOT COOKING METHOD: Follow steps 1 and 2, until beans are boiling, then transfer to crockpot and cook on high for about 2 hours, then turn crockpot to low and cook for 2 to 4 hours until beans are tender and have thickened somewhat. If you want the beans thicker, take a cup of beans out of the crockpot and mash them with a spoon and return to the beans. This will thicken them up.
  • 4
    Note: If you like less heat, remove the seeds and veins from jalapenos or delete altogether
  • 5
    AN ALTERNATE TIP FROM J.WHITE HARRIS: His wife has a reaction to regular beans, so he used purple hull peas instead of pintos. He and his wife were very pleased with the results.
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