Cowboy Beans

Cowboy Beans

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound of cooked pinto beans, drained
  • 1½ cups small diced bacon
  • 1 pound (½kg) of pork cut into medium cubes
  • ¾ cup of chopped white onion
  • 1½ cups of chopped tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • ¼ cup thinly sliced jalapenos
  • ¼ cup chopped sundried tomatoes
  • 1½ cup sliced hot dog
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon whole cloves
  • ¼ cup finely chopped cilantro
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cups pork cracklings
  • 4 clove of garlic

Procedure:

  1. Preheat the 6-quart Dutch Oven at medium-high temperature for 3 minutes. Add the bacon and stir for 1 minute. Add the pork and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce temperature to medium-low, cover with the Redy-cook valve closed and cook for 3 minutes.
  2. Add onion, tomato, teaspoon minced garlic, jalapenos, sundried tomatoes and hot dog; stir for 1 minute. Add chicken broth, whole cloves, cilantro, bay leaf, cracklings, garlic clove and beans; stir well.
  3. Cover with the valve closed and cook for 4 minutes.  Increase the temperature to medium and cook for 1 minute. Serve with tortillas.