Easy Refried Beans Recipes

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.

Steps:

• Gently fry the bacon until near crisp.
• Add onion to the bacon grease and saute until tender.
• Add the refried beans and water.
• Stir and simmer until creamy and heated through.
• Place in a serving bowl and top with shredded cheese.
• The heat of the beans will melt the cheese.
• Serve with hot tortillas and/or tostada chips.

Steps:

• Melt Country Crock® Spread in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat and cook onion, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes or until tender. Stir in beans and cook, mashing with potato masher or fork, 4 minutes or until desired consistency.

Steps:

• Melt bacon grease in a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet over medium heat; add onions and jalapeno; cook and stir until tender; add beans a half-can at a time, stirring to incorporate; add seasonings to taste.
• Cook beans, stirring frequently with wooden spoon and mashing them (use the back of the wooden spoon or even a potato masher) as you go, for 15-20 minutes until liquid evaporates and beans thicken; top with cheese and serve.
• NOTE: If you like your refritos especially smooth, run them through the blender or food processor before cooking.

Steps:

• Place first four ingredients in a medium sauce pan over medium heat.
• Cook until the butter is melted and the ingredients are heated through.
• Remove pan from the heat source, and add the cheese.
• Mash all of the ingredients in the pan with a potato masher or beat with a hand-held mixer.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine refried beans, garlic powder, onion powder, and cumin in a bowl; mix well.
• Pour tortilla chips onto a baking sheet in one layer. Spoon bean mixture over tortilla chips. Top with Colby-Monterey Jack cheese and jalapenos.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Put the pinto beans in a bowl and cover with 2 inches of water. Soak for 8 hours to overnight.
• Transfer the beans to a medium saucepan and cover with water by about 1 inch. Add onion, garlic, chili powder, cumin, celery seed, salt, and black pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and let cook for 1 1/2 hours.
• Use a colander to separate the liquid from the solids. Transfer the solids to a food processor with diced tomatoes, hot sauce, oregano, and cayenne. Blend to desired consistency.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat.
• Add onion. Saute 1-2 minutes or until soft.
• Add beans, green chilies, chicken stock, garlic powder, cumin, and pepper-stir until combined.
• With a potato masher, mash the mixture until most of the beans are in pieces. Its okay to leave them chunky, but mashing them helps make the beans thicker in the end.
• Once mashed, bring bean mixture to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low.
• Simmer, stirring every 3-5 minutes, about 20-25 minutes, or until they are the consistency that you desire.
• The beans will thicken a bit after cooling, so keep this in mind.
• Top each portion of beans with an egg, and enjoy!
• You may also serve this with cheese, avacado, and/or tortillas.
• Delicious!
• Note: Fresh garlic can be used in place of garlic powder.

Steps:

• Bring beans to a boil in a saucepan.
• Strain liquid and discard.
• Loosely mash beans with a fork.
• Fry and crumble Spanish Chorizo. Discard fat.
• Fry onion till translucent.
• Fry garlic in olive oil.
• Stir in onion, garlic, olive oil, chorizos and salt/pepper.
• Return to saucepan and over low heat stir until heated thoroughly.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan and cook the onion and garlic for 2 mins. Add the cumin and cook for 1 min more. Tip in the beans, paprika and a splash of water. Using a potato masher, break the beans down as they warm through to make a rough purée. Season generously.
• Spread the refried beans onto 4 of the tortillas and scatter over the cheese and coriander. Spoon over the salsa, then top with the remaining tortillas to make 4 sandwiches. Wipe the frying pan with kitchen paper and return to the heat or heat a griddle pan. Cook each sandwich for 1-2 mins on each side until the tortillas are crisp and golden and the cheese is melting. Serve warm, cut into wedges, with extra salsa and soured cream for dipping.