Frijoles borrachos, or drunken beans, is a traditional Mexican dish that is both flavorful and easy to make. This hearty and colorful dish is a favorite among many, and can be served as a main course or a side dish. The combination of beans, vegetables, and spices creates a unique and satisfying meal that is sure to please everyone at the table.
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FRIJOLES BORRACHOS (DRUNKEN BEANS)
Slow simmered pinto beans, frijoles borrachos, or "drunken beans" get their flavor from dark Mexican beer and bacon. Juicy and bursting with flavor!
Provided by Rachel Gurk
Categories Main Dish
Time 2h50m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Rinse beans (sort out any foreign objects) and place in a large bowl. Cover with cold water and cover. Soak overnight (at least 12 hours). Rinse and drain well.
- In a large pot over medium heat, add bacon and cook until lightly brown and fat has rendered, 5-7 minutes.
- Add onion and jalapeño and cook until softened, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant.
- Add beer and scrape any brown bits off the bottom of the pot.
- Add beans, broth, brown sugar, molasses, oregano, chili powder, salt, and cumin. Stir to combine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, partially cover pan, and simmer for 2 ½ hours or until most of the liquid is absorbed and beans are tender, stirring occasionally.
- Before serving, stir in lime juice and cilantro. Serve in bowls. Serving size: 1/2 cup.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279 kcal, Carbohydrate 34 g, Protein 14 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 14 mg, Sodium 408 mg, Fiber 8 g, Sugar 5 g, TransFat 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 6 g, ServingSize 1 serving
FRIJOLES BORRACHO (DRUNKEN BEANS)
A specialty of Monterrey, these savoury beans are cooked with beer; hence, their intoxicating name. From Sunset Mexican Cookbook.
Provided by Heydarl
Categories Beans
Time 2h50m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Rinse beans and place in a large bowl. Cover with cold water and soak at room temperature for at least 12 hours. Drain.
- Heat oil in an 8 to 10 quart pan over medium heat. When oil is hot, add bacon and cook until just lightly browned. Add chiles, onion and garlic and continue to cook, stirring, until vegetables are soft (about 5 minutes).
- Add beans, beer, broth, tomato sauce, oregano and cumin; bring to a boil, stirring.
- Reduce heat, partially cover pan and simmer, stirring often, until beans are tender and most of the liquid is absorbed (about 2 1/2 hours).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 298, Fat 5.6, SaturatedFat 1, Cholesterol 1.4, Sodium 364.2, Carbohydrate 44.1, Fiber 10.6, Sugar 3.6, Protein 15.4
FRIJOLES BORRACHOS (DRUNKEN BEANS)
Provided by Ericka Sanchez
Time 2h40m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Directions: Combine beans, water and beer in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Fry bacon and onion in a medium-sized frying pan over medium heat. Cook until bacon is crispy. Add garlic, salt, Serrano pepper, and bacon and onion mixture to the beans. Simmer beans for 1 additional hour. Remove beans from heat. Stir in chopped tomatoes and cilantro, and serve with warm corn tortillas. Ericka Sanchez is the creator and recipe developer at the award-winning www.NibblesandFeasts.com, a bilingual blog created to share traditional Mexican family recipes and modern dishes with a Latin twist.
Nutrition Facts : Serving Size 1 Cup
FRIJOLES BORRACHOS
Steps:
- Stir 2 tablespoons salt into 3 quarts warm water in a large bowl until dissolved. Add the beans, cover with plastic and let sit at room temperature for 8 hours and up to 24. Drain and set aside until ready to use.
- Heat a large Dutch oven or large heavy pot over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and the bacon is crispy and deep golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon with a slotted spoon to a small bowl, leaving as much fat in the pot as possible.
- Add the chiles, garlic, onions and 4 teaspoons salt to the pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender and just beginning to brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has almost completely evaporated, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the beans, lager, bacon, and 10 cups cold water to the pot and simmer uncovered, stirring and skimming occasionally, adding more boiling water if needed, until the beans are tender, 45 to 75 minutes.
- Remove the beans from the heat and stir in the cilantro. Let the beans sit for 10 minutes before serving.
FRIJOLES NEGRO BARRACHOS AKA DRUNK BLACK BEANS
Authentic black beans made from scratch and WAY better than anything that comes out of a can! Not that there is anything wrong with beans that way! Just that these are as different as night and day when compared to canned. You could probably save time and use canned beans in place of the dried. Just be sure to rinse very very well. I am finally getting some of my 'secret' (lol) recipes on Zaar. Since I tend to measure in my hand or just add a 'pinch' of this or 'enough' of that it is difficult to post the ones that I make here day in and day out. This is a recipe that I can make probably with my eyes closed! Dark beer is too strongly flavored and Light Beer not strong enough for this so use a regular beer. Dos Equis (XX) or even Budweiser beer works well here. You could also used dried herbs and spices but your mouth will be rewarded if you use fresh. I learned how to cook lots of different authentic Mexican dishes from several different friends over the years. The biggest and best thing I think I learned was do not rub your eyes after handling chilies! lol Wear gloves if you like! Learned that one FAST! I also learned how to make salsa's- NOT what we think of as salsa but rather a sauce or seasoning paste that is used to then season various dishes. Making a blended seasoning paste to add to the beans is a great way to punch up the flavor. After compiling all that knowledge with my 'gueralita' background this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy too! Oh and plan ahead! The dried beans need to soak!
Provided by Mamas Kitchen Hope
Categories Black Beans
Time 1h10m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Sort and rinse beans. Put beans in a dutch oven and cover with cool water to 3 or 4 inches over the beans. Soak overnight or bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes, remove from heat, cover and 1 hour. Drain and rinse beans and return to dutch oven with fresh water about 2 inches over the beans. Add one onion half with skin, bay leaf and baking soda to the dutch oven containing the beans and water. NO SALT YET! Using high heat bring beans to a boil then lower heat to medium high a and cook 20-25 minutes or until beans are al dente. Remove from the heat completely and season with salt, to taste. Do NOT add salt prior to this as beans will stay tough.
- Meanwhile, make seasoning paste: With scissors, cut stems from chilies and open them down one side to discard seeds and any large membrane. Put chilies in a bowl with very hot water to cover well and weigh down with something to keep them submerged. Soak for at least 15 minutes or until you are ready for them. Skip if using canned chipotles.
- In an oven proof skillet with NO oil or spray add one onion, quartered, and jalapeno. Broil about 5-7 minutes or so until blackened and charred. Remove from pan, remove seeds and stem from jalapeno when cool.
- While cooling toast cumin and coriander seeds In same skillet, wiped clean if needed, just until they begin to release their fragrance.
- Drain chilies and discard soaking water. Toss chilies, toasted seeds, charred onion and jalapeno, garlic, oregano, 1 tsp salt, cumin, coriander, peppercorns, cloves and half of the broth. Blend until smooth, adding a little more broth if needed to get the mixture moving.
- Heat oil in the same skillet until and add puréed mixture, Sounds weird but trust me! Cover with a lid to keep it from splashing and burning you and making a huge mess. Cook 5 -10 minutes or so, until fragrant and slightly thicker. Stir often to keep it from burning and be careful it does not splash on you.
- Drain beans again and remove bay leaf and onion. Add all the paste to the beans along with the beer, rest of broth, tomatoes with their juice, celery, carrot and the remaining onion half, roughly chopped.
- Allow to simmer uncovered for about 20 minutes or so or until the beans are completely done and veggies are tender. You can add a little water, broth or better yet, beer, if you wish.
- Stir in chopped cilantro, lime zest and juice. Taste now and season with more salt if desired. Enjoy!
- Note: You can make this a main dish by tossing in about 1/2 cup rendered chorizo or other sausage or cooked meat if desired or leave vegetarian. Either way this is great over brown rice or even white rice.
- Note: This freezes very well. I pour two cups into a ziploc bag, seal, label and lay flat. Once frozen you can stack them up on top of each other. Then thaw and reheat and serve over rice if desired.
FRIJOLES BORRACHOS
Categories Beer Bean Tomato Side Summer Gourmet Sugar Conscious Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 16 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Pick over beans. In a large bowl soak beans in cold water to cover by 2 inches for 1 day.
- Drain beans and halve onion. In a 5-quart kettle simmer beans, lard or oil, onion, and epazote, if using, in water to cover by 2 inches, covered, 45 minutes, or until beans are almost tender. Add salt and simmer beans until just tender, about 15 minutes more. Beans may be prepared up to this point 2 days ahead and chilled in cooking liquid, covered. Drain beans in a colander.
- Chop bacon and in a large heavy skillet cook over moderate heat, stirring, until browned. Add beans, salsa, beer, and salt to taste and cook, stirring, until most of liquid evaporates, about 10 minutes. Beans may be made 2 hours ahead and kept at cool room temperature. Reheat beans before serving.
Tips:
- Soak the beans overnight or for at least 8 hours before cooking. This will help to reduce the cooking time and make the beans more digestible.
- Use a variety of beans in your Frijoles Borrachos. This will add flavor and texture to the dish.
- Don't be afraid to experiment with different types of beer. A dark beer will add a richer flavor to the beans, while a light beer will produce a lighter flavor.
- Add some vegetables to your Frijoles Borrachos. This will make the dish more nutritious and filling.
- Serve Frijoles Borrachos with your favorite toppings. Some popular options include sour cream, guacamole, salsa, and cheese.
Conclusion:
Frijoles Borrachos is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up leftover beans, and it can be easily tailored to your own taste. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give Frijoles Borrachos a try.
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