Cowboy Beans with Fried Eggs Recipe

Instructions

1. Step 1

   Submerge the dried chillies in the hot brewed coffee | Ingredients: 3 ancho chillies, or other mild Mexican smoky chilli , 1/2 pint of coffee

2. Step 2

   Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry pan over a medium heat for a minute or so until they start to smell aromatic then grind to a powder | Ingredients: 1 1/2 tbsp of cumin seeds , 1 tbsp of coriander seeds

3. Step 3

   Heat a couple of tablespoons of oil, then add the pancetta and cook until the fat has rendered. Remove the cooked pancetta from the pan. Add in the onions and cook until soft, scraping up all the bits from the bottom of the pan. Add the peppers and cook until softened | Ingredients: 8 3/4 oz of pancetta, or smoked bacon lardons , 2 onions, diced , 2 red peppers, diced

4. Step 4

   Remove the chillies from the coffee and slice them, discarding their stalks and seeds. Add them to the pan along with the Scotch bonnet, garlic, dried chillies, cumin, coriander, Worcestershire sauce and coffee | Ingredients: 1 Scotch bonnet chilli, left whole but pierced , 1 bulb of garlic, cloves peeled and crushed , 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce

5. Step 5

   Return the meat to the pan together with the stock, tinned tomatoes, cinnamon stick and bay leaves and mix | Ingredients: 1/2 pint of beef stock, good quality , 1 3/4 lb of tinned plum tomatoes , 1 cinnamon stick , 2 bay leaves

6. Step 6

   Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Cook for 30 minutes, or until everything is thick and rich. Check the seasoning and add salt and pepper as necessary

7. Step 7

   After this time, remove the lid and add the beans. Cook for a further 30 minutes then remove from the heat before adding the vinegar and chocolate | Ingredients: 2 1/4 lb of tinned black beans, drained weight , 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar , 1 3/4 oz of 70% dark chocolate

8. Step 8

   While the chilli is resting, fry the eggs until crisp on the bottom and serve on top of the chilli with the jalapeños, sour cream and tortilla chips | Ingredients: 3 Freshlay Farms Golden Yolker® eggs , pickled jalapeños , sour cream , tortilla chips