Borrachos Drunken Beans Recipe

Name: Borrachos Drunken Beans Recipe
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¾ lb Dried Bean (3/4 pound dried beans); 1 piece Lager Beer (1 bottle lager beer); 2 slices Bacon (2 slices good quality bacon); ½ piece Yellow Onion (1/2 medium onion); 3 pieces Garlic (3 garlic cloves); 3 pieces Serrano Pepper (3 Serrano chiles); ½ lb Crimini Mushrooms (1/2 pound fresh crimini mushrooms); 0 pieces Kosher Salt (Morton Coarse Kosher Salt); 0 pieces Black Pepper (finely ground black pepper); 0 pieces Lime (Lime wedges for serving)

Borrachos Drunken Beans Recipe - Dinner,Lunch,Main Course,Side Dish (American)

42 minAmerican

Servings8

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Egg Free

Steps

1Prep. Dice the bacon. Coarsely chop the onion (enough for about 1 cup (127 g)). Press or mince the garlic. Finely chop the serranos. Slice the mushrooms.
2Cover the dried beans with 2" (51 mm) of water over their top. Soak the beans for 12 hours at least.
3Cook. Add the beans to a large pot and boil for 30 minute as in my article The Science of Beans. Drain them and leave them in the pot.
4Add the beer and simmer for about 20 minutes.
5Meanwhile, in an ungreased heavy skillet, over medium heat, cook the bacon until the fat is rendered. Move the bacon to some paper towels on top of some newspaper to drain them. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the oil from the skillet. Keep the flame at medium and cook the onion, garlic, and chiles in the bacon fat until they are soft and fragrant, about 10 minutes. Then add the mushrooms and cook until soft and wilted. Add the cooked bacon and stir.
6Transfer this mixture to the beans, season with salt and pepper to your taste, add more water if you wish, and simmer for 10 minutes to allow flavors to blend.
7Serve. Serve with warm corn tortillas and lime wedges.