Cowboy Beans

Ingredients:

• 16oz dry pinto beans
• 8oz smoked ham hock
• ½ onion, chopped
• 1 can chopped green chilis, undrained
• 2 tsp oregano
• ½ tsp salt
• 5½ cups water

Instructions:

Rinse and pick over beans. Combine beans, ham hock, onion, chiles (including liquid), oregano, and salt. Add water to about 1 inch above beans. Bring to a boil. Cover and simmer over low heat for 1½ hours, stirring occasionally.

Add 1½ more cups water and simmer for 2 hours more, or until beans are tender and liquid has thickened. Add more water as necessary.

Remove ham hock and finely chop meat. Stir chopped meat into beans.