Drunken Beans

Fríjoles Borrachos

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
La Comida del Barrio

By Aarón Sánchez

Published 2003

  • About

Although beans have no border per se, generally pinto beans are preferred in northern Mexico and south Texas, while black beans are favored in the southern regions of Mexico and all over Guatemala. Literally speaking borracho means “drunken,” but in the culinary sense it refers to a number of traditional Mexican dishes that are cooked with alcohol, beer, or tequila. ¡Que rico! Mexican cowboys, vaqueros, or charros, are renowned for a similar pinto bean dish calle