Slow-Cooker Mexican-Style Beans

Name: Slow-Cooker Mexican-Style Beans
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 , onion, chopped fine; 2 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried; 1 tablespoon, chili powder; 2 teapoons, minced canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce; , Salt and pepper; 5 cups, water, plus extra as needed; 1 pound (2½ cups), dried pinto beans, picked over and rinsed; 1 cup mild, lager, such as Budweiser; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh cilantro; 1 tablespoon, packed brown sugar; 1 tablespoon, lime juice, plus extra for seasoning

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Beans

Slow Cooker

To deliver Mexican-style beans with robust flavor from the slow cooker, we amped up the aromatics and spices.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

SERVES6

TIME8 to 9 hours on high

Slow cooker size4 to 7 quarts

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Since the beans required a full 6 cups of liquid to cook evenly in the slow cooker, we knew that we would need to drain away some of that cooking liquid. To ensure that our beans remained full of flavor, we boosted the amount of garlic, ore...

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