Cowboy Baked Beans + Video
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Cowboy Baked Beans + Video
Description
This recipe starts with thoroughly rinsed and soaked pinto beans to remove impurities and hydrate them for even cooking. Beans are slow-cooked either in a slow cooker or Instant Pot until tender, absorbing flavors and becoming creamy.
Separately, bacon is cooked until crispy, releasing flavorful fat. Onions, garlic, and diced jalapeños are sautéed in the bacon fat along with salt and cumin, contributing smoky and slightly spicy notes distinctive to Tex-Mex flavors. Adding this mixture back to the beans ties the components together.
The resulting beans have a rich, smoky, and mildly spicy profile making them suitable as a side to barbecue, grilled meats, or to accompany tortillas or cornbread. The dish can also be garnished with cheese or fresh jalapeños for contrast.
Practical adaptations include using canned or pre-cooked beans for convenience by heating the bacon-chile sauté and stirring it in, maintaining flavor while saving cooking time.
Ingredients
- 1 lb pinto beans See Note 1, dried
- 4 lices Bacon minced
- 1 onion diced
- 4 garlic minced, cloves
- 2 jalapeños seeded and diced
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tsp cumin ground
Instructions
- Sort through the beans and remove any debris or stones. Rinse and in a large bowl cover with cold water and soak overnight.
- In a slow cooker or Instant Pot add the soaked and drained beans. Add 8 cups of fresh water. Cover, and for the slow cooker cook for 6 hours on low, or for the Instant Pot, close lid and cook using the Beans setting.
- In a large skillet over medium high heat fry the bacon for several minutes. Add the onion, garlic, jalapeños salt and cumin. Stir to mix and cook until onion is softened. Set aside.
- When beans are cooked add the sautéed bacon chile mixture. Stir to mix in and serve as is, or with toppings like cheese of choice, slices of jalapeños and cornbread or warm tortillas.
Notes
- Soak dried pinto beans overnight to ensure even cooking and remove debris.
- Cook beans fully in slow cooker or Instant Pot for tender results before adding flavor ingredients.
- Sauté bacon, onions, garlic, jalapeños, salt, and cumin to build robust flavor base.
- Use canned or cooked beans for a quicker version by heating and mixing in the bacon chile mixture before serving.
- Serve with cheese toppings, jalapeños, cornbread, or warm tortillas as complementary sides.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 504 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 504kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 75g | 25% |
| Protein | 27g | 54% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 14mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 803mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 1701mg | 36% |
| Fiber | 18g | 72% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 75IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 18.4mg | 20% |
| Calcium | 145mg | 15% |
| Iron | 6.3mg | 35% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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