I'm a cowboy baby

Howdy Partners,
I'm getting in touch with my inner cowgirl today.
I found some pinto beans in the back of the cupboard that i've been ignoring for a while and thought I would use them to whip up some hearty cowboy nosh to keep my strength up on the long hard days spent herding my cupcakes (I work in a cake shop incase you were wondering what that was all about. Check out our website www.cakealicious.com.We rock)
I'm getting myself in the mood for cowboy cooking by adorning a straw cowboy hat and listening to some Alabama Thunder Pussy



and some Black Label Society



What happened to Zack Wylde by the way? Once a flowing locked, beflared bit of rock totty, now a big chunker. Eh?

Regardless, here is my recipe. You wanna drink loads of Moonshine with this. IT IS ILLEGAL TO MAKE MOONSHINE. So I've heard.

Cowboy Beans Yummity Yum

Serves alot. You may wanna freeze some or invite your chums over and have a Hoedown

2 X 400g tins pinto beans rinsed and drained (you can use borlotti beans if you can't get pinto)
1 large onion diced
1 carrot diced
2 stalks celery diced
4 cloves garlic minced
2 big fat pork chops (veggies feel free to omit this)
1 tablespoon smoked cajun seasoning (just use normal cajun seasoning if you can't find smoked)
3 bayleaves
Half teaspoon dried chilli flakes
1 bottle (330ml) good quality beer
1 teaspoon tomato puree
1 tin chopped peeled tomatoes
1 chicken stock cube or jelly cube
200ml water
Few splashes Worctershire sauce
Pinch salt and pepper
Splash sunflower or vegetable oil

You will need a large sauce pan with a lid

Put the oil into the sauce pan and heat on high. Add the onion, garlic, carrot and celery and cook for a few minutes until starting to soften. Add the cajun seasoning and cook for another minute.
Stick in the big fat porky chops and brown lightly on each side. Add the beans, beer, chopped tomatoes, bay leaves, dried chilli flakes, Worctershire sauce, water, salt and pepper. Mix, bring to the boil then turn DOWNto 

the lowest heat setting cover and cook for about an hour until sauce is nice and thick. If sauce is looking too dry then add some boiling water from the kettle.

Serve with thick crusty buttered bread.

YEEHAW!