Cowboy Beans Recipe - As seen in 'They Call Me Trinity' - Ingredients and method in description

Cowboy Beans as seen in 'They call me Trinity' and many other Spaghetti Westerns from the 60s and the 70s. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and used to love watching the most popular westerns of this genre, such A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood and in later years of the genre the "Trinity" films directed by Enzo Barboni with the main characters played by Terrence Hill and Bud Spencer.
Often, especially in the Enzo Barboni's era, the hero would show up dirty somewhere, at the end of some kind of journey, very hungry and find his way to a feast of baked beans served directly in a cast iron pan, accompanied by a loaf of bread and cup of water... as a kid, no matter the time of the day or night, these scenes of starved hero and baked beans used to make me really hungry. Now as an adult, living in my own sort of ranch (@libakan ) I finally have the luxury of being able to recreate this dish from whatever sources I could find online and make it my own... ideally you approach this dish starved and replacing the water with a cup of red wine.
Equipment use: @aussiecampfirekitchens7319
Ingredients (x2 people):
- 1 cup of pinto beans, red kidney beans, black beans - any one-kind or combination.
- 1 can of diced of tomatoes
- 1 fresh tomato diced
- 1 green pepper and/or hot pepper (optional)
- 1 cup of diced lard or smoked ham or ham shank or even bacon
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 2 to 5 garlic cloves (depending on your love for garlic)
- 1 to 2 tbsp of olive oil (or even bacon fat if you have it)
- 1 pinch of brown sugar to take away the acidity of the tomatoes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 loaf of bread
- 1 quart of wine
Method:
1- make fire (preferably for the whole experience) or warm pan to medium-high heat
2 - drizzle 1 tbsp of olive oil or bacon fat (also at this stage you're supposed to start on the wine)
3 - throw in peppers first (if any), toss for 5 min, then diced onion toss for another 5 min until transparent and tender
4 - add garlic, toss for a 2-4 min
5 - add lard, ham or bacon, toss once in a while for 5 to 10 min depending of heat
6 - add fresh tomatoes diced, pinch of sugar, steer for 5 min
7 - add salt if needed, to taste (the lard/ham/bacon would generally already be quite salty)
8 - add can of diced tomatoes, steer in for another 5 min
9 - add can of beans (with some fo the liquid)
-- at this stage we're looking to get some kind of granular mix not too liquid but not too sticky/solid either. If too liquid just leave it on the heat longer and steer, allow for the liquid to evaporate.. if too sticky/solid, add a bit of water, steer, and let it soak for a few min for the flavours to take in ---
10 - Whilst you are adjusting the texture and keeping it warm, put your bread on the fire grill (or in the oven) for a few minutes , make sure you check and turn it around, you're looking to get it toasty so that it cracks on the outside but is soft and warm inside. Also, add pepper to taste.
11 - Serve - And yes, I know a quart of wine may be a bit much for some but hopefully by this last step you would have gotten the bottle to a more reasonable level.
Peace and love
Libakan

[@penclaw]

cooking and eating food outdoors has a specific taste and atmosphere, my first memory of eating breakfast in the garden with mom as a 5 years old kid, blue sky, fresh air.. can't wait for spring and summer to go to cook in the forest :)

[@user-ww5qw8jd3b]

Fire vs stove

[@leemullins2928]

That trinity seen never gets old makes me want a plate full of beans and a cold drink everytime I see it 🤤🍽🔥💯❤️

[@libakan]

Haha, same effect on me, since I was a little boy watching it with my grandpa to now watching it with my kids!

[@venadoazul7663]

That drink was probably far from cold haha

[@williamworth2746]

You're forgetting the bread as well sir

[@leemullins2928]

@@williamworth2746 Absolutely 💯

[@libakan]

@@venadoazul7663 haha!😅

[@arthurhutchinson2755]

I made this recipe with an electric stove and without the wine. I'd have to say it was fantastic recipe. It tasted excellent, easy to make, not as much cleaning since it's cooked all in one pan, and I had left overs that I ate pretty much every night it was that good. 10/10 would make again.

[@DonPatrono]

fun fact: the original recipe, as told by Terence Hill himself, was much simpler and included just onions, black beans, chile, tomatoes, tomato puree/sauce, water, and loads of pepper. Yes it's odd that the recipe did not involve any sort of lard, bacon, sausage or jerky, but according to the man himself that's how they prepped them, and were admittedly delicious enough to make him actually finish the whole pan during shooting...but then again he had fasted 24 hours in preparation for the scene as to pass for a man that had just crossed the desert, and the old Italian saying goes "the best spice for every meal is hunger"

[@libakan]

Nice intel!! How do you know all that? Interview footage?

[@DonPatrono]

@@libakan Hill posted the recipe on his personal blog a few years back

[@Terraqueo22]

Can I have the link?

[@annt.3151]

I remember that movie! My now grown sons still find the bean scenes hilarious! 🎉😂

[@libakan]

😀I loved these movies growing up as well, the bean scene always made me so hungry! I'm thinking making other vids like that of foods in movie scenes! It's just fun for my kids and I

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

The beans weren't that good...

[@thraxxxsd]

Appreciate the video. But the original recipe is not as complex. Hill in an interview stated; "It is spicy! For the sauce you need chili peppers, olive oil, tomato sauce, onions, salt and a lot of pepper! Fry the onions in olive oil in a saucepan, add the remaining ingredients and cook until the beans are tender." Thought I won't deny this version you provided too is delicious.

[@libakan]

Thanks for tip! Didn't know, actually love spicy... but my little apprentice there less so, hehe!

[@StarWars24Seven]

THERES ALWAYS THAT ONE PERSON IN THE COMMENTS TRYING TO COME OFF AS POSITIVE WITH THEIR BACKHANDED COMMENTS LOL I THINK THE BEANS IN THIS VIDEO LOOK WAY BETTER THAN THE FILM🔥

[@thraxxxsd]

@@StarWars24Seven With that level of perception, you probably struggle to differentiate between constructive criticism and contempt!

[@westechyt]

My brother-in-law loves Terence Hill and asked me to make this for his birthday. Could you point me in the direction of this interview? I want it to be as authentic and easy as possible.

[@Gun14Slinger]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!!!!!! Been looking everywhere for this beans recipe since FOREVER. LOL Grew up watching this movie with my dad since I was 7 or 8 and loved beans thanks to this movie. And been wanting to try this beans recipe forever. Never tried it before but been wanting to try it so THANK YOU for sharing this thank you!!!

[@libakan]

Glad you found it! Same, used to watch this movie when on holiday with my grandpa in the 80s and 90s, always made me so hungry!

[@Gun14Slinger]

@@libakan lol tell me about it infact I wanna go cook then beans right now even though i just ate dinner already lol. Think I first saw the movie in I think 2005 loved it and I even stole the VHS tapes from my family's movie room to my room. Lol guess you can say as a kid I sorta became Trinity in a way. Lol even started eating like him

[@libakan]

@@Gun14Slinger haha let me know if you got other film/food ideas, always looking for inspiration!

[@Gun14Slinger]

@@libakan will do man and also subscribed to ya again thank you so much for the beans

[@kylemiller6805]

Love all his movies, I'm goin to try and make this

[@libakan]

Yes you should, super easy and delicious!

[@isaacnewton5403]

Every time I am hungry I watch this scene it gives me apatite !!! A poor man solid food I guess !!!

[@kotum.y7878]

Ty for the recipe. Will try it this weekend.

[@riofest8893]

a very informative video, Terence Hill and beans = that's the best eating food show(mukbang) scene in world film history. the most western movie fans including me in Korea wondered "cowboy beans". thanks for the perfect posting with the movie theme song.

[@LuziBeerbaum]

"the most western movie fans including me in Korea ...." 🤣🤣🤣 This comment just made my day! You find the whole movie here on YT listed as "Cowboy Film" in english language.

[@eaglekeeper8947]

I would add Paul Newman in “cool hand Luke”….eating those hard boiled eggs…as a strong contender….

[@mBlackThunder]

Oh my, I have to try this, I've been looking for a recipe like this for so so many years... 20+ probably...

[@libakan]

Try it out, it's easy and really good! Recipe and ingredients in the description

[@ajaxtelamonian5134]

Love cooking outdoors the knife is right for it too. That clip really made me hungry glad to have found this. I made it with some homemade wine.

[@borealwhisperer6044]

Outstanding fantastic magnificent

[@libakan]

Thank you!

[@edwardpate6128]

I love this movie!

[@TheDorianTube]

I wanted to do this for over 26 years and the little girl comes with ''its good… it’s not bad'' ahahahhah

[@libakan]

🤣

[@rpersen]

Looks delicious.

[@gentity8589]

Thanks for the music choice.

[@libakan]

Love the movie soundtrack, reminds me of my childhood

[@itsversayce804]

she said “its good… it’s not bad” 😂

[@davidwaddell7789]

Thanks 😊

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Cut bacon into squares and cook over medium heat to render the fat. Add onions and cook / stir for about 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook / stir about 5 minutes. If available, add a can of Rotel tomatoes and peppers. Add beans and heat through. Don't crisp the bacon! Just make sure it's cooked through. Ground meat can be used as well, cook before the onions or in a seperate pan. Chorizo, which is already cooked, can be used but omit the peppers unless you like it really hot. A little brown sugar or better yet molasses is good too.

[@KM-qx6nh]

Yep ! Looks just like the slop they had in the movie !

[@Heisenberg51901]

When I was a kid, I had to have beans in a pan just like Trinity after watching that movie😂

[@ALTOVOLTAGE594]

VERY SATISFYNG VIDEO LIKE

[@libakan]

Glad you liked it!!

[@Love1isall]

Hilarious how this scene made me experiment with making cowboy beans without following a recipe and even knowing that its an actual dish. I didn't bother researching but figured, it has the base ingredients it does, then added some sort of meat or lard, depending on what I had available and it turns out to be delicious. These days I use black beans, pinto beans and kidney beans, onion, jalapenos, tomatoes or sauce, garlic, salt, pepper, paprika, either cooked in lard, with bacon or ground beef or both, sometimes sausage, but its really good with just butter and no meat as well.

[@libakan]

I know right! It's super instinctive, hard to get it wrong, love the simplicity and the variant possibilities

[@aussiecampfirekitchens7319]

How cool are you guys!! I haven’t seen the movie but Tony has. Nice work with the ACK Gear absolutely love it thanks for sharing 🔥

[@libakan]

Hehe, I grew with 'spagetti westerns' and that scene always made me so hungry!

[@fxsignal1830]

Terence Hill con la sua vera voce :)

[@libakan]

L'ho ascoltato in francese da piccola!😀

[@jamesarnett4129]

Can beans, COME ON

[@libakan]

Hehe😆I'll try with a sac of beans next time, just a bit more time consuming!

[@plutosworld330]

"The beans were not much good anyway."

[@nathandublin3039]

Number one source for protein in the wild West was beans beside the usual beef jerky.

[@didicoy72]

more to it than i wouldve guessed. i figured you just add spaghetti sauce to pinto beans.....

[@libakan]

Hehe, for sure I don't think the 'chef' in that restaurant would have gone through all this trouble, nor would they have spaghetti sauce at that time... maybe ont he movie set... But I Iike a good dish!

[@timbaker1320]

I like the video. If them beens where like yours, Trinity was bluffing. Them must had been good beens. 😊

[@libakan]

Hehe, thanks yes he was probably bluffing!

[@gomez6223]

"2 - drizzle 1 tbsp of olive oil or bacon fat (also at this stage you're supposed to start on the wine)" At this point, I realize you know what you're talking about. The best recipes take the cook into account.

[@banks3388]

I know you're Australian, I recognize the brands...

[@libakan]

Well spotted mate!

[@clevershield]

Sorry if I'm a bit confused, but is it three cans of beans total, or just one can of beans?

[@libakan]

No need to be sorry! I used approximately one can but a combination of various bean types.

[@clevershield]

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question.

[@eldrinalrin-yk9jv]

Thanks😂

[@libakan]

You're welcome!

[@maxbender8653]

I would appreciate if you could provide the full ingredients list. I've been looking for a recipe that would come close to the one in the movie for ages.

[@nickclinton5147]

List is in the description.

[@libakan]

Hep @maxbender8653 Ingredients (x2 people): - 1 cup of pinto beans, red kidney beans, black beans - any one-kind or combination. - 1 can of diced of tomatoes - 1 fresh tomato diced - 1 green pepper and/or hot pepper (optional) - 1 cup of diced lard or smoked ham or ham shank or even bacon - 1 medium yellow onion diced - 2 to 5 garlic cloves (depending on your love for garlic) - 1 to 2 tbsp of olive oil (or even bacon fat if you have it) - 1 pinch of brown sugar to take away the acidity of the tomatoes - Salt and pepper to taste - 1 loaf of bread - 1 quart of wine Check out the method in the description!

[@Bhatt_Hole]

360p rules!

[@hunniebe6]

This is the urban cowboy recipe.

[@libakan]

Hehe, 😀indeed, I haven't spent much time in the great plains !

[@rock_oclock]

Do they call her Trinity too? 😄

[@keith3761]

I made this with cheese. You left out the cheese it clearly had you can see it pull

[@libakan]

Sounds amazing, I'll give it a go next time, I had to do it for my daughter's taste as well this time around!

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i legit missed that it had a cheese element, must be Kotina cheese or however it's spelled. and heard that it's to be spicy as well, will definitely have to alterate when i try it.

[@KennyInSubic]

Chuckwagon stew is also good.

[@libakan]

Thanks I might try that next!

[@guraykirmaz1541]

What's the first ingredient you chopped? Looks like oyster mushrooms but not sure. Never heard of this dish include mushrooms.

[@libakan]

Nooo, no mushrooms. First ingredient I chopped in the video is the lard...or more exactly, thick bacon streaks.

[@claytonhawk8512]

That's a nice knife. What kind is it?

[@libakan]

Whoops sorry, missed this comment initially, apologies, it's Nieto from Spain (Cuchillo Linea Cetreria Fixed Blade Knife)

[@crimolempereur11]

Jai faims 😅😂😂😋😋

[@libakan]

haha! best compliment!

[@Munforasero]

There is romance among men

[@kouichidekinboy533]

The girl is so cute

[@ayyo5971]

Your daughter ❤

[@xansolskjr8628]

Uh, no but hey....they're beans!

[@libakan]

Surely are!

[@rubenlopez3364]

Do the scene from Trinity is still my name where they steal The guys refried beans in the beginning

[@libakan]

I'll try!

[@walterdl2904]

Real old west beans scene Blazing Saddles kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIGsgWyBjcmghZI

[@libakan]

Haha! That’s awesome, I didn’t know that one, but it’s great! Not sure my daughter and I can replicate the farts tho

[@Plumbump]

So he was lying when he said the beans weren’t good? I just wish I could stream this movie somewhere without having to torrent it.

[@libakan]

Hehe, I reckon he was lying, apparently he even had it with some hot peppers... Such a great movie, all the spaghetti westerns a great in my mind, such classics, not sure where you can stream it, but probably for sale on YT for a few bucks.

[@babuzzard6470]

Pretty sure that dried beans would be used.

[@libakan]

Yep probably right! Only it takes hours to soak before you can eat them!

[@Kivas_Fajo]

But...but: "The beans weren't much good anyway."

[@davidnagore725]

Always hated that scene, but not for the food. I kept wanting to scream, "Wash your hands!" over and over again. I'm not OCD when it comes to personal hygiene, but damn...

[@libakan]

Haha 😅indeed, I'm sure hygiene wasn't a huge priority in those days! Hopefully the movie chef was a bit cleaner!

[@123Jim91]

Man up

[@davidnagore725]

@@123Jim91 wash your hands

[@Ulfrich_Stormcock]

That scene makes me want to heat up a can of ranch style beans (the beans look like a canned bean brand called ranch style beans, which are really good) and slice up some white country bread , and have a nice dinner to watch the movie

[@roquefortfiles]

Ever heard of a close up?

[@libakan]

Lol i have now!

[@adrianog4148]

you dont put tomatoes in beans. the red colour comes from the paprika powder.

[@libakan]

Thanks for the tip, I'll try with paprika next time!

[@adrianog4148]

@@libakan its the same with hungarian goulash. people think they must use tomatoes to reach the red/dark colour, but its only paprika powder that makes the colour.

[@624radicalham]

They didn't have paprika powder readily available in the American west and was not in common use. So they wouldn't have used that. In fact Terrance Hill himself gave the recipe and NO paprika powder. What are you saying lol @@adrianog4148

[@Im_a_floating_cloud]

360p

[@Spiritismo_]

Sauce looks not enough.

[@libakan]

Maybe a bit more peeled tomatoes would do it

[@thannato9700]

Very far

[@libakan]

hehe yep, Australian made! different cowboys around here... more like kangarooboys

[@zmarssojourner7435]

The beans weren't much good, anyway!

[@SoberSooner918]

I always thought it looked like chili

[@paulramsey1]

If you got the money to pay I give you a plate of beans...

[@ajjy1110]

looks nothing like them