Mexican Cowboy Beans Are Your New Summer Cookout Staple

Win your July 4th potluck No Images? Click here Frijoles Charros (Mexican Pinto Beans With Bacon and Chilies) Do side dishes at potlucks and cookouts ever give you trouble? We're here to help. The ideal potluck or cookout dish is one that is easy to make in bulk and inexpensive, and doesn't degrade with extended heating or reheating. We nominate frijoles charros—Mexican cowboy beans cooked with onions, garlic, tomatoes, salted pork, and chilies—as one superlative potluck dish. It not only hits all of those criteria but also adds on "extremely delicious" for good measure. Read More → The Kitchen Essential Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven This recipe also happens to be great for camping. All you need is some hot embers, a nice cast iron Dutch oven, and time. Keep the lid ever-so-slightly cracked as the beans cook and they'll get plenty smoky in the process. Shop Now   More Mexican recipes for fiestas all summer long Pressure Cooker Chili Verde Grilled Marinated Flank Steak Fajitas    Sous Vide Carnitas for Tacos (Crispy Mexican-Style Pulled Pork) Real Tacos Al Pastor   Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe