Perfect Frijoles Refritos (Mexican Refried Beans)

There's no one right way to make refried beans, and this master recipe understands that. It shows you how to make perfect refried beans in any style: chunky or smooth; with black beans or pintos; and offering your choice of cooking fat to suit any taste.

Frijoles Molidos (Refried Beans)

Deeply flavored and rich, these refried beans are cooked slowly and with care. The results are a big step up from those bland restaurant versions.

Chicharrón Burrito

This is deep-fried pork belly on top of a pile of puréed beans enriched with flecks of melted cheese, which can be rolled up into a tortilla so that, depending on when you eat the pork belly, it is either chewy and saturated with bean-y flavor, or still crispy and dry.

Spicy Chorizo and Pinto Bean Chili

Spicy, vinegary, and flavor-packed, this quick chili recipe relies on raw Mexican-style chorizo (you can make it yourself or buy it from a store), with a few simple flavor additions, a couple of cans of beans, and a quick simmer.

Chipotle and Chorizo Red Beans

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz] Canned chipotles in adobo sauce bring sweet smoke, earthiness, and plenty of heat to vinegar- and chorizo-spiked beans. I'm partial to bola roja beans, which are firm, meaty, and handle stewing nearly forever, but any red bean...

Mexican Chipotle Pork & Beans

Mexican Chipotle Pork is a big pot of fall-apart goodness cooked in a spicy, deeply savoury adobo sauce. Stuff in tacos, eat like stew!

Smoky Barbecue Beans

These barbecue beans are deeply spiced with paprika, cumin, and plenty of black pepper, and given added depth with dried red chiles. Chunks of smoked meat (sausage, leftover barbecue, or whatever else you have on hand) add a campfire fragrance to round them out.

The Best Barbecue Beans

Using dried beans pays in this recipe, which produces some of the best barbecue beans you'll ever have—the sauce packs a deep and complex barbecue flavor with tender, creamy beans.

Chickpea Salad With Bacon, Cotija, and Roasted Chilies

This hearty chickpea salad flavored with bacon, cotija, and roasted chilies is easy to make and only gets better as it rests overnight. This is a dish custom-made for making ahead and packing on a camping trip or for lunch at the office.

Barbecue Beans Recipe | Grilling

Each week Joshua Bousel drops by with a recipe for you to grill over the weekend. Fire it up, Joshua! I'm going out on a limb here, because this is technically not barbecue, or grilling. But there are few other...