Refried Beans

Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Cuisine: Mexican

Difficulty: Beginner

Servings: 4

Dietary: vegan

Ingredients

2 cups cooked beans (choose any of the red or black varieties)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil or lard
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp red chilli flakes (you can use chipotle powder or experiment with other Mexican chillies)
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp cumin
2 tsp chopped jalapeno (I love this fresh kick of jalapeño)

Instructions

1
This recipe presumes you’ve already cooked your beans. See my above instructions how to cook dried beans by adding seaweed and using a pressure cooker. This would be even tastier!
2
Start by heating the oil or lard in a skillet over medium heat.
3
Sauté the onions with chilli flakes until translucent and infused with the fragrant chilli oil, about 5 minutes.
4
Add the garlic, cumin and jalapeno and cook for another minute.
5
Stir in the beans and cook for 2-3 minutes, mashing them with the back of a spoon or a potato masher.
6
Add a splash of cooked bean broth (or reserved liquid from a can of cooked beans) if the mixture becomes too thick.
7
Season with salt.
8
Serve warm as a side dish, as a taco filling or add to your burritos, quesadillas, empanadas.

Note

This recipe yields 4 portions for taco fillings or several portions for burritos or quesadillas

Keywords: beans, refriend beans, Mexican,

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