FRIJOLES RANCHEROS
2 cups dried pinto beans
water
1 cup diced bacon or salt pork or meaty ham bone
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 T. chili powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp salt
1 fresh tomato, chopped
12 oz can beer
1 (4 oz) can chopped green chiles, drained
1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, stemmed, seeded and chopped (optional if you like it hot.)
Wash beans well. Combine beans, beer, and water to cover beans by 2". Soak overnight.
Partially fry bacon or salt pork. Add to beans and liquid in crockpot. Add more water if necessary. Add rest of ingredients except salt and cook about 4 hrs. or until nearly tender. Add salt and cook until tender.
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