Frijoles charros

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Frijoles charros is a simple Mexican dish consisting of beans, onions, tomatoes, chile peppers, and coriander. Meat such as bacon, ham, or salt pork is also used in the dish, but mostly as a flavoring agent. The combination of those ingredients is cooked with liquid in a pot for a long time, until the beans are tender and some liquid still remains in the vessel. The dish has origins with the Mexican cowboys who needed the nutritive value from inexpensive beans to sustain them for long days of cattle herding. Today, frijoles charros is usually served with rice and corn flour bread on the side.