{"id":36288,"date":"2020-11-30T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=36288"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T18:24:16","slug":"frijoles-charros-home-cooking-solo-style-try-cowboy-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/frijoles-charros-home-cooking-solo-style-try-cowboy-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Home cooking solo style: Try cowboy beans or &#8216;Frijoles Charros&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_36319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36319\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36319 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124345\/Pinto-soup-tiny.webp\" alt=\"Frijoles charros on a plate with chips.\" width=\"600\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124345\/Pinto-soup-tiny.webp 600w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124345\/Pinto-soup-tiny-300x230.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124345\/Pinto-soup-tiny-150x115.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124345\/Pinto-soup-tiny-200x153.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frijoles charros or cowboy beans are a great dish with pinto beans that solo cooks can enjoy. Photo: Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reader, I feel your pain; I, too, live alone and cook for one. We all think of cooking as \u201cMakes 2-4 servings\u201d; that\u2019s the default. Cooking for one can become merely a trigger to loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>This is \u2014 and has been, for months \u2014 especially the case during this pandemic and its days of sequestration cooking and frugal shopping or use of the pantry.<\/p>\n<p>Even as a solo cook or diner in the midst of this, think of yourself as another person, someone to take care of, someone to treat, someone to cook for.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits are big.<\/p>\n<p>Cooking for one means that you may eat at any time you choose; you may eat anything you want. And repetition is no longer a downside; eat the same thing three meals in a row if you choose.<\/p>\n<p>Indulge yourself. They\u2019ll cut away any sized slice of an expensive cheese at the deli counter. You may purchase an exquisite chop\u2014singular\u2014from the butcher.<\/p>\n<p>Ever notice that many of foods made \u201cat batch\u201d aren\u2019t terribly healthy? Mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese, brownies, seven-layer dip. On the other hand, solo foods such as a simple salad or a vegetable stir-fry, either easily assembled from the everyday, seem to be more regularly healthy.<\/p>\n<p>When you are your best company, dinner needn\u2019t be \u201cdinner.\u201d Some really fine cheese and fresh fruit suffice. Good olives come in such variety (and are so long-lasting in storage) that paired with hummus and pita, or eggs and toast fingers (fall in love again with eggs!), they become the grace notes or counterpoints to food that they\u2019ve been for a long history.<\/p>\n<p>You get the idea: the cultural constraints of cooking for the multitudes are off.<\/p>\n<p>Especially now.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe here \u201cserves one,\u201d in its manner of service, but it is designed for making on Sunday, say, and for freezing in 8-to-10 packages for eating whenever you wish. That\u2019s another key to cooking for one: your friendliest kitchen appliance is your freezer.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Frijoles Charros (Cowboy Beans)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36318\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36318\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124341\/FRIJOLES-CHARROS2-tiny.webp\" alt=\"Frijoles charros or cowboy beans are a great dish for solo cooks.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124341\/FRIJOLES-CHARROS2-tiny.webp 600w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124341\/FRIJOLES-CHARROS2-tiny-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124341\/FRIJOLES-CHARROS2-tiny-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/11\/25124341\/FRIJOLES-CHARROS2-tiny-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solo cooks should treat themselves to delicious, homemade meals. Try making &#8220;frijoles charros&#8221; or cowboy beans. Enjoy the pinto beans fresh, then freeze remaining portions. Photo by Bill St. John for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a very traditional Mexican side dish, buffet dish, or fiesta standard. Using smoked piment\u00f3n (smoked paprika) gives the beans a true cowboy-y, campfire feel. Makes 10-12 servings as a side; 6-8 in bowls. Freezes exceptionally well.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 pound (dried) pinto beans or similar<\/p>\n<p>3\/4 pound cut-up salt pork, bacon, pancetta, or mixture of any 2 or 3<\/p>\n<p>10-12 \u201ccoins\u201d dried spicy-hot chorizo<\/p>\n<p>1 large yellow or white onion, diced<\/p>\n<p>1 large or 2 small jalape\u00f1o chiles, minced (seeds and white \u201cribs\u201d retained if desired for more heat)<\/p>\n<p>4 cloves garlic, minced<\/p>\n<p>1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes (\u201cfire-charred\u201d if possible), with juice<\/p>\n<p>4 cups chicken broth<\/p>\n<p>2-3 cups water<\/p>\n<p>2 teaspoons sea salt<\/p>\n<p>2 bay leaves<\/p>\n<p>1 teaspoon smoked piment\u00f3n (smoked paprika)<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 teaspoon powdered cumin<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano<\/p>\n<p>1\/2 teaspoon dried epazote<\/p>\n<p>3\/4 cup cilantro leaves, chopped<\/p>\n<p>Additional chopped cilantro leaves for garnish<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rinse the beans and put in a large bowl with 3 inches water to cover and soak for at least 8 hours or up to 12. Over medium-high heat, render the fat from the pork products and chorizo, and brown the pieces well all around, 10-15 minutes. Add the diced onions and cook 10-15 minutes until soft, adding the jalape\u00f1o and minced garlic 5 minutes in. Add the tomatoes, stirring, and cook everything 5-7 minutes more until the mixture is slightly thickened.<\/p>\n<p>Drain the beans and add them to the pot, along with the broth and water, and all the spices and flavorings except for the chopped cilantros. Stir well, bring to a boil, then cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the beans are soft and somewhat creamy, 45 minutes to an hour or more. (Add more salt to taste if the pork pieces and broth did not carry enough salt into the mix.) About 10 minutes before the beans are done, add the chopped cilantro and mix in well.<\/p>\n<p>To serve: Discard the bay leaves and serve as a side, or in bowls, garnished with more chopped cilantro.<\/p>\n<p><em>You may reach Bill St John at <a href=\"mailto:billstjohn@gmail.com\">billstjohn@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reader, I feel your pain; I, too, live alone and cook for one. We all think of cooking as \u201cMakes 2-4 servings\u201d; that\u2019s the default. Cooking for one can become merely a trigger to loneliness. This is \u2014 and has been, for months \u2014 especially the case during this pandemic and its days of sequestration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2197,"featured_media":36319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4799,153,2366,9187,4415],"class_list":["post-36288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-living","tag-bill-st-john","tag-healthy-eating","tag-healthy-recipes","tag-readysetco","tag-recipes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Home cooking solo style: Try &#039;Frijoles Charros&#039; - UCHealth Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Frijoles charros or cowboy beans are a great dish with pinto beans that solo cooks can enjoy. 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