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Frijoles charros

"cowboy beans"

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free·HOH·les CHAH·ros

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Spanish frijolesbeans+charrosMexican horsemen

What Frijoles charros means

Frijoles charros is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "cowboy beans". It is built from Spanish frijoles (beans) and charros (Mexican horsemen). It is pronounced free-HOH-les CHAH-ros, and it is most associated with northern Mexico.

The charro is the Mexican horseman, so the name marks these as ranch food: beans served in their own broth rather than fried.

This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.

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Frijoles charros means cowboy beans

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