Description
Mexican ‘pork and beans’ recipe. If you like, top with lime, green onion, salsa, cheese, and sour cream, even pork rinds.
Ingredients
- ½ pound bacon strips
- ½ cup bacon drippings
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- ½ pound cooked ham, diced
- ¼ pound chorizo sausage, crumbled
- 5 (16 ounce) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 whole chipotle pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, pricked with a fork
Instructions
- Fry bacon strips in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. With a slotted spoon
- remove bacon to paper towels. Reserve 1/2 cup bacon drippings.
- Place drippings in a large pot
- and warm over medium heat. Fry onions until light brown. Stir in ham and chorizo. Reserve 1 cup of beans
- and add the rest to the pot
- along with the chipotle and garlic.
- Mash the reserved beans
- then add to the pot. Simmer beans until thick and soupy
- about 30 minutes. (If the beans become too dry
- stir in water). Remove chipotle and garlic
- and serve.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 55 mins
Servings: 10