🇲🇽 Mexican

Pinto Beans Barbacoa

Name: Pinto Beans Barbacoa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 58 min
Total time: 73 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tbsp Dried Oregano; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 2 cans Pinto Beans; 4 Banana Leaves

🇲🇽 Mexican

Low-and-slow braised pinto beans in a deeply savoured sauce — fork-tender and rich with aromatics. Ready in 73 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 58 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Vegetable Oil2 tbsp
Bay Leaf2
Dried Oregano1 tbsp
Ground Cumin1 tsp
Stock or Broth500 ml
Pinto Beans2 cans
Banana Leaves4

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the pinto beans deeply in the Vegetable Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the ground cumin.
3
Return the pinto beans, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the pinto beans yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Traditional Pinto Beans (Refried) · on YouTube