{"id":3130,"date":"2014-11-06T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T18:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=3130"},"modified":"2014-11-06T13:52:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T18:52:02","slug":"charro-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=3130","title":{"rendered":"Charro Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here in Texas when you go to Mexican Restaurant , sometimes depending on your order , you might get charro beans on the side . Charro beans is pinto beans , and usually i am not a big fan of it . Not long ago , i had a friend invited us to her house for dinner , we had fajita and she cooked charro beans on the side . It was very delicious , esp when you eat them with rice . And so i thought i better ask her how to make them . To my surprise , they’re quite easy to make . And it is a good source of protein , the extra meat that i added in here is optional , you can skip it totally , or add a little bit for extra flavoring .<\/p>\n

Ingredients :<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 cup of pinto beans , rinse and drain<\/p>\n

about 6 cups of water<\/p>\n

5 garlic , minced<\/p>\n

1 large onion , chopped<\/p>\n

2 serrano peppers , chopped<\/p>\n

3 slices of bacon<\/p>\n

1. In a skillet , add little oil , add chopped bacon , cook til crispy . Then add in onion , serrano pepper , until it’s transculcent , then add garlic , cook another minute . Then set aside .<\/p>\n

2. In a small pot , add in pinto beans and 6 cups of water , add the vegetable with bacon mixture . Bring to boil then simmer and cover with lid , about 1 hour or so , the beans will be tender when it’s ready .<\/p>\n

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Here in Texas when you go to Mexican Restaurant , sometimes depending on your order , you might get charro beans on the side . Charro beans is pinto beans , and usually i am not a big fan of it . Not long ago , i had a friend invited us to her house for dinner , we had fajita and she cooked charro beans on the side . It was very delicious , esp when you eat them with rice . And so i thought i better ask her how to make them . To my surprise , they’re quite easy to make . And it is a good source of protein , the extra meat that i added in here is optional , you can skip it totally , or add a little bit for extra flavoring . Ingredients : 1 1\/2 cup of pinto beans , rinse and drain about 6 cups of water 5 garlic , minced 1 large onion , chopped 2 serrano peppers , chopped 3 slices of bacon 1. In a skillet , add little oil , add chopped bacon , cook til crispy . Then add in onion , serrano pepper , until it’s transculcent , then add garlic , cook another minute . Then set aside . 2. In a small pot , add in pinto beans and 6 cups of water , add the vegetable with bacon mixture . Bring to boil then simmer and cover with lid , about 1 hour or so , the beans will be tender when it’s ready .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":3131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3132,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions\/3132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}