Charra Beans

Grubilicious Contributor: Stacy McCarty

This is the bean recipe from Melanie's last night. I don't really know exact measurements of all of these ingredients, but I don't think you can really mess these up.

Ingredients:
4-5 slices of bacon (cut into pieces)
1/2 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
the big, huge can of pinto beans (you can really use as many beans as you want, just increase the ingredients some)
about 2 T. of caldo de tomate (this is by the chicken bouillion in the grocery store, it's a spice made by Knorr)
cilantro (about 1/4 cup)

Fry the bacon in a large saucepan or dutch oven. Add onion and bell pepper and fry in bacon grease until tender. Add beans and caldo de tomate, reduce heat and simmer about 30-45 minutes, stirring occassionally. Add cilantro and simmer about 10-15 more minutes.