Floyd's Chuck Wagon Pork and Beans

Name: Floyd's Chuck Wagon Pork and Beans
Yield: Serves 4–6
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 onion, chopped; 2–3 jalapeño or other chilli peppers, chopped; 2 tablespoons clear honey; 2 tablespoons blue cornmeal or cornflour; 3 tablespoons crushed red chilli pepper; 175g/6oz dried black beans; ½ teaspoon salt; 2 bay leaves; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon cumin seeds; ½ teaspoon dried oregano; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 675g/1½lb boned pork shoulder, cubed

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Best of Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

175g/6oz dried black beans
½ teaspoon salt

Side dish
Spicy

Method

Soak the beans overnight in plenty of cold water. Drain, then boil for 2 hours with the salt, bay leaves, pepper, cumin seeds and oregano. Strain, reserving the liquid, and set aside. Heat the oil in a pan (preferably a cauldron hung over a wood fire, wood mark 3!) and add the pork, jalapeños, onion and garlic. In a bowl mix the red chilli peppers, cornmeal or cornflour and the cooking liquid f