Borracho Beans (Frijoles Borrachos)

Name: Borracho Beans (Frijoles Borrachos)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 450 g dried pinto beans; 230 g bacon; 1 pc onion; 1 pc jalapeño pepper; 4 pc garlic; 2 tsp chilli powder; 1 tsp ancho chilli powder; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp kosher salt; ½ tsp ground cumin; 1 pc diced tomatoes (canned); 360 ml dark lager beer; 1 tbsp dark brown sugar; ¼ cup coriander (fresh)

Tender, creamy pinto beans simmered in beer with crispy bacon, onions, tomatoes, and warming spices.

30 min 261 kcal/serving serves 12

261kcal16gprotein28gcarbs9gfat

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🫘dried pinto beans

🥓bacon

🧅onion

🌶️jalapeño pepper

🧄garlic

🌶️chilli powder

🌶️ancho chilli powder

🌿dried oregano

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About Isabel Orozco-Moore

Mexican-American home cook and founder of Isabel Eats

Isabel Orozco-Moore is a Mexican-American home cook and recipe developer, best known as the creator of Isabel Eats, a website dedicated to traditional Mexican cooking made approachable for home kitchens. Her recipes are rooted in family tradition and aimed at cooks who want authentic results without specialty equipment or hard-to-find ingredients.

Her cooking draws on classic Mexican staples such as corn tortillas, dried chiles, fresh salsas, beans, and slow-cooked meats, often reworked into clear, step-by-step formats for home cooks. She favors traditional flavor bases, achieved through techniques like toasting and rehydrating chiles or building sauces from scratch, while keeping ingredient lists and methods practical for a weeknight kitchen.

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