Cowboy Beans

• Serves: 8

• Adapted from Homesick Texan's Family Table

• Contributor: MikeCrute

Ingredients

• 1lb dried pinto beans
• 1/2 yellow onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• Water
• 3 ounces beef jerky, diced
• 1/2c brewed coffee
• 2T molasses
• 2T prepared mustard
• 1T chili powder
• Salt and black pepper

Instructions

1. In a large pot, cover the beans with 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered. Drain beans and rinse.
2. Preheat the oven to 250. Return the beans to the pot and add the onion and garlic. Cover with water by 1 inch and bring to a boil. Remove the pot from the burner, cover the pot and bake in the oven for 1 hour
3. Remove the pot from the oven and stir in the beef jerky, coffee, molasses, mustard and chili powder. Return the pot to the oven, turn up the oven temperature to 350 and continue to cook, uncovered, until the beans are tender and the liquid is reduced and thickened, 1 1/2 hours to 2 1/2 hours, depending on the age of the beans. (If the beans are tough and don't soften within this timeframe you may need to add a bit more water to the bot to keep the beans from becoming too dry.) The final consistency should be like a slightly soupy pot of baked beans.
4. Once the beans are done add salt and pepper to taste

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