{"id":10626,"date":"2013-06-18T23:40:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T06:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=10626"},"modified":"2026-11-01T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T02:24:26","slug":"beans-a-la-charra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=10626","title":{"rendered":"Beans a la Charra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 C. dried Pinto Beans<\/li>\n<li>3 qt. Water<\/li>\n<li>6 slices uncooked Bacon, coarsely chopped<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd C. diced Onion<\/li>\n<li>1 T. chopped Garlic<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd Jalapeno, stemmed, seeded and chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 T. Chile Powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp. Ground Cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 T. salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In stockpot, soak beans overnight in the water (should be covered).  The next day, cook bacon in skillet over medium high heat until crisp, 6 to 8 minutes.  Add onion, garlic and jalapeno and cook for 5 minutes.  Stir in chile powder and cumin and cook a minute more.  Add 1 C. of the beans\u2019 soaking liquid while stirring and scraping the pan to being up any browned bits.  Add beans and remaining water and bring to a rapid boil.  Decrease the heat to medium low and simmer 90 minutes to 2 hours, or until beans are soft.  When cooked through, add salt and cook 1-2 more minutes.  Keep warm until ready to serve or cool, cover and refrigerate up to 3 days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can serve these beans as a soup by pureeing some of the beans and stirring them back in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From Chevy\u2019s Tex Mex Cookbook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 3 C. dried Pinto Beans 3 qt. Water 6 slices uncooked Bacon, coarsely chopped \u00bd C. diced Onion 1 T. chopped Garlic \u00bd Jalapeno, stemmed, seeded and chopped 1 T. Chile Powder 2 tsp. Ground Cumin 1 T. salt &nbsp; In stockpot, soak beans overnight in the water (should be covered). The next day, cook bacon in skillet over medium high heat until crisp, 6 to 8 minutes. Add onion, garlic and jalapeno and cook for 5 minutes. Stir&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=10626\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[39,106,134,147,25],"class_list":["post-10626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-condiments-extras","category-starches","tag-beans","tag-chevys","tag-copycat","tag-high-fiber","tag-latin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46143,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10626\/revisions\/46143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}