Make Chevys Fresh Mex Beans a la Charra Recipe at home tonight. With this Straight-From-the-Restaurant Recipe your Beans a la Charra will taste just like Chevys.

Photo by Chris Petrilli

Chevys Fresh Mex Beans a la Charra

A Chevys Fresh Mex Copycat Recipe

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Chevys Fresh Mex has this to say about their delicious Bean a la Charra –

These “cowboy beans” have been on Chevys Fresh Mex menu right from the start.

They take tender pinto beans and simmer them with bacon and jalapeños. They are a great side to any Mexican or TexMex meal.

They cook up so nice and soupy that you can even serve them as a soup by puréeing some of the beans and stirring them back in, if you like.

NOTE – This is a 2 day recipe.

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Chevys Fresh Mex Beans a la Charra Recipe

Make Chevys Fresh Mex Beans a la Charra Recipe at home tonight. With this Straight-From-the-Restaurant Recipe your Beans a la Charra will taste just like Chevys.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Active Time2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Soaking Time for the Beans1 day d

Total Time1 day d 3 hours hrs

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: Chevys Fresh Mex, Mexican Restaurant-Style Recipes

Yield: 8 Cups

Ingredients

• 3 cups dried Pinto Beans
• 3 quarts Water
• 6 slices about 8 ounces uncooked Bacon, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup diced Onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped Garlic
• 1/2 Jalapeño stemmed, seeded, and chopped
• 1 tablespoon Chile Powder
• 2 teaspoons Ground Cumin
• 1 tablespoon Salt

Instructions

• In a medium large stockpot, soak beans overnight in the water (to cover).

The Next Day

• Cook bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp, about 6 - 8 minutes.
• Add onion, garlic and jalapeño. Cook for 5 minutes.
• Stir in chile powder and cumin. Cook for 1 minute more.
• Add 1 cup of the soaking water from the beans while stirring and scraping the bottom of the skillet to loosen all the brown bits adhered to the pan.
• Add beans and remaining water. Bring to a rapid boil.
• Decrease heat to medium-low. Simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the beans are soft.
• When the beans are cooked through, add salt. Cook 1 to 2 more minutes.
• Keep warm until ready to serve. Or cool, cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.

Recipe from Chevys Fresh Mex Website, circa 2008 - 2010, on "Chevys Recipes" Page by way of the Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive.

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Photo of Pinto Beans is by Chris Petrilli and is used by permission under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) License. Thank you, Chris. Great Picture. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Recipe from Chevy’s Website, circa 2008, “Chevy’s Recipes” Page by way of the Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive. Way back when the internet was new, restaurants often shared recipes on their brand-new websites so that fans could enjoy their favorite dishes at home. Alton has spent hours tracking down these recipes on old webpages – so that we can help the restaurants share them with a whole new generation of fans. Recipe Information Courtesy of Chevys Fresh Mex website, circa 2008. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.