The last time I was in my hometown Tulsa, at one of our lunches together my father ordered borracho beans for me instead of the refried beans I normally ordered. I had never had them before but I liked them. I bought a few packets of pinto beans last Saturday (I have to go to a certain store in another town to get pinto beans so I buy several packets at once) and thought this week that I'd make borracho beans.
Borracho beans on rice, because my daughter wanted rice! You can eat just the beans in a bowl like a soup if you want.
I'm not going to share a specific recipe because I have only made them once (so I'm no expert) but you can look up some recipes and find one you think you might like. "Borracho" means "drunk" in English. Borracho beans are cooked in beer so they are called "drunken beans." Charro beans are much the same thing but without the beer.
The basic ingredients are:
Pinto beans
Beer
bacon or hamhock
onions (white or green "spring" onions)
jalapenos (or not)
tomatoes
seasonings
cilantro for topping
As with all dry beans they will need a longish cooking time - and the older the beans, the longer they will take.
And now to my very short story.
When I was single, and in my mid-20's, and working with a lot of other young women at a school, an older woman told us, "If your husband brings you flowers, never respond with 'You shouldn't have! We can't afford that!' Eat beans for a week if you have to, but don't discourage him ever over things like that."
Good advice!
Borracho beans on rice, because my daughter wanted rice! You can eat just the beans in a bowl like a soup if you want.
I'm not going to share a specific recipe because I have only made them once (so I'm no expert) but you can look up some recipes and find one you think you might like. "Borracho" means "drunk" in English. Borracho beans are cooked in beer so they are called "drunken beans." Charro beans are much the same thing but without the beer.
The basic ingredients are:
Pinto beans
Beer
bacon or hamhock
onions (white or green "spring" onions)
jalapenos (or not)
tomatoes
seasonings
cilantro for topping
As with all dry beans they will need a longish cooking time - and the older the beans, the longer they will take.
And now to my very short story.
When I was single, and in my mid-20's, and working with a lot of other young women at a school, an older woman told us, "If your husband brings you flowers, never respond with 'You shouldn't have! We can't afford that!' Eat beans for a week if you have to, but don't discourage him ever over things like that."
Good advice!
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