A lovely, delicious handmade banana split that is great for the whole family or just you.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 (15.5 ounce) cans pinto beans, undrained
- 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®), drained
- 1 cup cubed cooked ham
- ¼ cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
- ¼ cup finely chopped red onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ground black pepper to taste
- 1 dash hot sauce, or to taste
Instructions
- Combine pinto beans, tomatoes with green chile peppers, ham, cilantro, red onion, garlic, black pepper, and hot sauce in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour.
- This dish can also be made in a slow cooker.
- One-half cup beer (dark Mexican beer like Negra Modelo(R) or Dos Equis(R) if possible) can be added to make borrachos (drunken beans).
- Bacon and/or sausage can be added to make a heartier version.
- Substitute 1 teaspoon minced garlic from the jar for fresh garlic cloves if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 194 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| Cholesterol | 13 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 913 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious as is. We love the addition of some hearty bacon as well.
We love charro beans at Mexican restaurants but I’ve never made them. Because I was cooking for a family with children, I doubled the beans, but used only one can of Ro-Tel tomatoes (medium) and omitted the hot sauce. Recipe was still flavorful and feisty! With no ham on hand, I substituted with 2 Goya’s ham-flavored concentrate packets; the dish retained the needed dimension of ham flavoring. Also, I didn’t have red onion on hand, so white worked perfectly fine. Simmered for 40-45 minutes.
Our local Mexican grocery grills butterflied chickens over hot coals all day on Saturdays. They’re delicious, and these beans plus Mexican rice were the perfect accompaniments.
Made this exactly as written and it was delicious. We raise pigs, so I usually have a freezer full of ham steaks and always looking for ways to use them. I cut up a ham steak for this one and it gave me about 2 cups of meat. I doubled the recipe. I put in several shakes of hot sauce and it was a tad spicy so if I were to make it again I would only shake in about 4-5 drops. I think you could also do this in the crock pot with dried beans (the conversion is about 1/2 cup – 3/4 cups of dried beans per can of beans.) You could also drop a ham hock in with it instead of dicing up a ham steak of other ham. I have 4 kids and a husband and it is rare to find a recipe they all like, but this is one of them. Definitely a keeper.
My son’s favorite
Thank you for this recipe. Used the slow cooker and it turned out great! Will definitely make again.
Very good and quick recipe! I added a little bit of liquid smoke and some diced white onions I had. I do have a question about when the right time to add the beer would be. But I made this for about 20 people and it turned out great!
Very good, leftovers would be great in a breakfast burrito
An excellent tasting bean recipe. I omitted the cilantro and used regular petite diced tomatoes and added a small can of green chilies. Though it takes a little more time, I use dry pinto beans (frijoles) instead of canned.
Followed the recipe as written but just adjusted for the serving size of 16. I did it in a crock pot on low for @ 3 hrs and then on high the last hour. Additionally I added Corona Familiar when I flipped it on high. It was a hit with the skirt steak I made. This recipe is a keeper.
This is a surprisingly good side dish pinto bean recipe that could not be easier to make. I’d serve it to guests and will make it again. Tonight was a side with ribs. I read some of the reviews about people skipping the ham; I did use one thin slice, only about 1/4 cup. Also, the tomatoes with chilies are spicy – I loved the flavor, but just a heads up. I did not need to add additional hot sauce.
sautéed onions/garlic in bacon fat, added all ingredients, then added beef bullion and liquid smoke. Big hit.
This is an amazingly simple but flavorful recipe. I make this very often at my home. I always add about two cups of chicken broth to make it more of a soup and extend what I have made. This makes a great side dish for most anything… The leftovers are amazing on their own with only a tortilla or crusty bread.
i made it but substituted the ham for smoked bacon for a different flavor. really good loved it.
I added fresh jalapeño and a can of white kidney beans. Yum.
Easy side for Mexican food. I omit the ham and use seasoning salt instead. We don’t typically like pinto beans but prepared this way is delicious!
Excellent ‘last minute’ bean recipe. Super easy. As others have noted, use mild RO-TEL tomatoes if you want to tone down the heat. With that said, I thought the regular RO-TEL had just the right amount of kick.
Super easy and great flavor- I did add half a bottle of beer and let this simmer for several hours before serving.
Delicious and easy! I omitted the ham and next time will only use one splash of hot sauce instead of 3 – was a little spicy. Tastes like what they serve in the mexican restaurants.
My husband loved it! When I make it again, and I will, I will make it milder somehow because it was too spicy-hot for those in my family who do not enjoy spicy food. Thank you for posting a quick and easy frijoles recipe that tastes delicious and makes my house smell wonderful!
I’ve doubled, tripled, even quadrupled this recipe many times for my family and for large groups. I’m able to buy the really large cans of pinto beans and Rotel tomatoes where I live, which makes it easier. It’s always a hit! I’ve never added the ham. I make a pot almost every week and they may be eaten refried alongside eggs in the morning (wonderful!!!), taken in small containers along with a tortilla at lunch, or eaten with tri-tip for dinner. I’m sure they can be jazzed up a little or substitutions made in the ingredients, but they are yummy just the way the recipe is written.