Mock Refried Beans Recipes

QUICK AND EASY REFRIED BEANS

Steps:

• Heat canola oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
• Cook garlic cloves in hot oil, turning once, until brown on both sides, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Smash garlic cloves in skillet with a fork.
• Stir pinto beans, cumin, chili powder, and salt into mashed garlic and cook until beans are thoroughly heated, about 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Smash bean mixture with a potato masher to desired texture. Squeeze lime juice over smashed beans and stir until combined.

TWICE-COOKED (REFRIED) BEANS WITH CUMIN

Steps:

• Add oil to a large skillet, preferably nonstick; place over medium heat.
• When the oil is hot, add in the onion and cook/stir until it is golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Add in the cumin and cook/stir, 1 minute.
• Add in the beans and mash with a large fork or potato masher; continue to cook and mash, stirring, until the beans are more or less broken up (some remaining chunks are fine).
• Season with salt and pepper; add the cayenne and more cumin if you like, and serve.

REFRIED BEANS

Steps:

• Lightly drain the beans, reserving the juice from the tin, but do not rinse (you want the beans in about half the liquid from the can). Depending on the texture you prefer, either mash them roughly in a bowl or blitz them using a blender until smooth. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan or casserole and cook the onions for 8-10 mins until soft and golden. Scatter in the garlic, chilli and cumin seeds, and sizzle everything for 2 mins more. Tip in the beans, oregano, paprika and a pinch of salt. Cook everything together for 5 mins until the beans have heated through adding more reserved bean juice if it's too thick. Serve straightaway with a sprinkling of coriander, if you like, or leave to cool and keep chilled. Will keep chilled for up to three days or frozen for a month. Reheat with a splash of water mixed in.

REAL REFRIED BEANS

Steps:

• wash pinto beans and remove any fragments.
• place pig's foot or ham hock in crock pot, add beans, jalapeno, onion, cumin, coriander powder, and garlic.
• Add water to cover.
• Cook on high until beans are soft.
• Remove pig's foot or ham hock.
• Scoop out beans and mash or puree and in skillet with heated oil add beans and stir til heated.
• Or you can eat the beans with tortillas with out mashing and refrying! Delish either ways!
• Salt as desired.