23 cowboy recipes

Spicy cowboy beans bake pinto beans with smoked ham, green chilies, brown sugar, and chili powder for a smoky-sweet Tex-Mex baked bean side. A long-simmered chuckwagon classic.

Cowboy cookies loaded with old-fashioned rolled oats and semi-sweet chocolate chips, made big-batch style with butter, dark brown sugar, and three eggs. Hearty, chewy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies that hold up in lunchboxes.

Cowboy pintos are a hearty vegan bean pot: dried pintos slow-simmered with tomatoes, onion, carrot, celery, thyme and cilantro until creamy. Spoon it over rice or barley for a stick-to-your-ribs meatless bowl.

A great hearty pot of beans your family and friends are sure to enjoy. Follow exact recipe for best results. Enjoy!!

Spaghetti tossed in a beefy bacon-and-beer tomato sauce with sirloin, fire-roasted tomatoes, hot sauce, and Worcestershire, topped with sharp cheddar and crispy bacon bits. A 35-minute weeknight rodeo.

Vinegar-marinated beef brisket studded with garlic, seared in bacon fat, and braised with strong black coffee and caramelized onions until fork-tender. A rugged, flavor-packed Texas-style brisket.

Cowboy chili with ground beef, pinto beans, stewed tomatoes, beef stock, and a classic chili-cumin-oregano spice trio. A no-frills cattle drive bowl, cooked low and slow.

Cowboy cheeseburgers wrap mozzarella-topped beef patties seasoned with cumin and coriander in warm flour tortillas with tomato, cilantro, and taco sauce. Tex-Mex burgers ready in 35 minutes.

Ground beef, barbecue sauce, sliced potatoes, and melted cheddar pile onto pizza dough for a hearty cowboy pizza the whole family will demolish. Ready in about an hour.

Cubed round steak simmered in a tangy sauce of ketchup, vinegar, and Worcestershire until fork-tender, served over rice or noodles.

Dried pinto beans simmered from scratch with carrots, celery, Roma tomatoes, fresh thyme, oregano, and cilantro. A nourishing bean soup served over rice or barley that's worth the overnight soak.

Seafood gumbo built on a butter-flour roux with shrimp, okra, tomatoes, chili powder, and Worcestershire, served over rice with filé powder. Where Louisiana bayou meets Texas ranch country.

Thick, chewy cowboy cookies loaded with rolled oats, chocolate chips, and brown sugar. This big-batch recipe makes 4 dozen rugged drop cookies with crispy edges and a soft center.

Zesty black bean and olive dip layered over cream cheese with chopped hard-boiled eggs, lime juice, cumin, and crushed red pepper. A no-cook party appetizer that serves 12.

Dallas Cowboy Tacos wrap browned sausage, sweet onions, and melty Velveeta inside flaky crescent roll dough, then bake until golden. A hand-held game day appetizer that goes from oven to platter in under 15 minutes of bake time.

Nevada cowboy chili slow-simmers 8 pounds of coarse-ground chuck with bell peppers, jalapeños, tomatoes, beer and a fearless amount of ground chilies. Big-batch bunkhouse chili.