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Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)

Rated as 4.8 out of 5 Stars
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"An authentic recipe for Mexican-style beans. Serve moist and hot with your meal, cover with grated Mexican cheese and accompanied by pickled jalapeno peppers."
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Ingredients

6 h 18 m servings 215
Original recipe yields 12 servings

Directions

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  1. Combine water, pinto beans, and garlic into a large pot and cover; Cook over low heat for 5 1/2 hours; stir salt into beans and continue cooking until beans are very soft, about 30 minutes more.
  2. Heat canola oil in a skillet over high heat. Spoon the beans into the skillet without draining excess water; mash beans using a potato masher until they begin to lose their shape, about 3 minutes.
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Footnotes

  • Cook's Note:
  • Add water if needed during the cook time to ensure that the beans remain covered.

Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 215 calories; 9.8 23.8 8.1 0 210 Full nutrition

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Simple and honestly just great beans. Nothing fancy, nothing fake, just great beans. I did use oil to re-fry the beans as instructed and that was great but lard would even be more authentic a...

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Easy and tastes just like beans from a Mexican restaurant. Kids love it too!

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Used bacon grease in place of the oil, added fine diced onion and jalapeno to the refry. Good beans.

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This is the first time I've made refried beans and they came out great. I cooked it on high in a crock pot for 4 hours and then used a food processor instead of mashing the beans. It needed a li...

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