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Refried Beans
This easy refried beans recipe is a delicious, healthy side dish for Tex Mex and Mexican food! I love to make it with dried beans, but canned beans work too—see the notes below. Feel free to use black beans instead of pintos if you prefer.
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h 15m⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 2h👤 Jeanine Donofrio📖 loveandlemons
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●colander
- ●pot
- ●bowl
- ●strainer
- ●skillet
- ●blender
- ●food processor
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Place the beans in a colander and sort through them to remove and discard any stones or debris. Rinse well.
2
Place the beans in a large pot and add the water, onion wedges, cumin, salt, oregano, and several grinds of pepper. Bring to a boil and skim off any foam that rises to the water’s surface, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for ⏱️ 1 hour. Check the beans. If they are not fully tender, continue simmering, checking them every ⏱️ 15 minutes, until tender, up to ⏱️ 90 minutes more. Add water to the pot as needed if it begins to dry out.
water, plus more as needed8 cupsground cumin1 teaspoon
3
Place a fine mesh strainer over a large bowl. Drain the beans into the strainer, reserving the cooking liquid in the bowl.
4
Heat the avocado oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the diced onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for ⏱️ 5 minutes, or until soft and translucent. Stir in the beans and reduce the heat to low. Add ½ cup of the bean cooking liquid and use a potato masher to mash the beans until they reach your desired consistency, adding more cooking liquid, ½ cup at a time, as needed (I typically use 1 to 1½ cups). For smoother refried beans, blend the beans with an immersion blender or transfer to a food processor and process until smooth. Add the lime juice. Taste and add more salt and lime juice as desired. (I typically add another 1 teaspoon salt and ½ tablespoon lime juice at this point.)
avocado oil2 tablespoonsfresh lime juice, plus more to taste2 tablespoons
5
Serve as a side dish or try one of the serving suggestions in the blog post above. Store leftover refried beans in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. They also freeze well.
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