Next time you have ground beef and pinto beans and don’t know what to make with it, make my super easy and delicious CALDILLO VERDE DE RES y FRIJOLES aka Green Ground Beef and Bean Stew this is a traditional Mexican dish that combines beef with beans in a rich and flavorful green sauce topped with crunchy bacon, onion, cilantro, avocado and radish and It’s perfect for a comforting meal and can be served with corn tortillas or rice. So I hope you enjoy it just as much as we do!
Ingredients
For the sauce:
2 hatch peppers
10 tomatillos
1/4 onion
Handful of cilantro
3 garlic cloves
Jalapeños or serranos
4 cups water (total)
2 tbsp chicken bouillon or salt to taste
For the stew
1 lb bacon
Yellow peppers
1/2 small diced onion
2 small diced hatch peppers
2 -3 lbs ground beef
Salt to taste
1 tsp black pepper, ground cumin, oregano
3 cups frijoles de la olla (precooked beans)
2 bay leaves
1 serving of love