How To Make Frijoles Borrachos (Drunken Beans)
A filling bowl of frijoles borrachos makes the perfect meal for those cold winter nights! It’s simmered in beer and comes with bacon for extra flavor.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4bacon slices,uncooked, diced
- 1small white onion,finely diced
- 1jalapeño,stemmed, seeded and diced
- 4garlic cloves,minced
- 12ozMexican beer,dark, like Negra Modelo
- 15ozpinto beans,rinsed and drained
- 1tbspbrown sugar
- 1tspdried oregano
- 1tspchili powder
- 1tspsalt
- ½tspcumin
- 1tbsplime juice,fresh
- ¼cupfresh cilantro,chopped
Instructions
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Cook the bacon in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat until crispy, stirring occasionally.
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Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon, then transfer them to a separate plate. Set aside.
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Reserve 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease in the sauté pan, discarding the extra.
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Add the onion and jalapeno, then sauté for 5 minutes or until the onion is soft and translucent.
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Add the garlic, then sauté for an additional 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant.
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Add the beer, beans, brown sugar, oregano, chili powder, salt and cumin, then stir to combine.
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Continue cooking until the beans reach a simmer.
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Reduce the heat to medium-low, then continue simmering uncovered for about 15 minutes.
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Stir in the bacon and lime juice.
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Serve the beans topped with fresh cilantro, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 368.16kcal
- Fat: 8.69g
- Saturated Fat: 2.76g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.58g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.59g
- Carbohydrates: 50.63g
- Fiber: 11.57g
- Sugar: 3.86g
- Protein: 18.29g
- Cholesterol: 12.76mg
- Sodium: 391.71mg
- Calcium: 97.89mg
- Potassium: 1094.24mg
- Iron: 4.03mg
- Vitamin A: 12.61µg
- Vitamin C: 9.69mg
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