Ingredients
- 1 regular bag of uncooked pinto beans
- 5 pieces of bacon, cut into smaller pieces
- 3 beef franks, cut into cubes
- 1 cup of ham, cut into cubes
- 1 pound of Mexican chorizo
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1/2 bunch of cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 onion, diced
- jalapeño, if desired
- 1 or more chipotle peppers depending on how spicy you want it
- 1 clove of garlic, chopped
- pepper, oregano, paprika, cumin, and salt to taste.
Recipe Description
Charro beans is basically a Mexican style soup, consisting of pinto beans submerged in a broth full of amazing flavors that come from many different types of meat like beef franks, chorizo, ham, and bacon. In some parts of Mexico they add pork rinds and beer to change the flavor up a little bit.
Even though the most popular way to make this is as a thinner soup, there are some other variations in which you can add corn starch to thicken it up a little bit. If you choose to do that, it ends up looking more like chili con carne, which is a popular dish here in the United States.
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