Low Fat Refried Beans Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion in oil until tender.
• Stir in the garlic, cumin, salt and cayenne; cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Add beans and mash (I use a potato masher).
• Add water; cook and stir until heated through and water is absorbed. It only takes a few minutes.
• Remove from heat, and stir in lime juice.

Steps:

• Place beans in a Dutch oven; add water to cover by 2 in. Bring to a boil; boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 1 hour. Drain beans; discard liquid. Return beans to pan; add water to cover. Add onion and garlic; bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat for 2 hours or until beans are very tender, adding water to keep covered if needed. Discard onion and garlic. Mash beans with a potato masher, leaving some beans whole. Stir in cumin and hot pepper sauce.

Steps:

• Rinse and sort beans.
• Soak beans in the 6 cups water for 24 hours. Do not discard this water.
• Bring to a strong simmer. cover and continue strong simmer for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until beans are tender.
• Add salt at this point only. Never before or while cooking. Remove epazote and discard. Keep all cooking liquid.
• Blend with food processor or stick blender if you are truly cool. I like to leave some chunks for texture. I also recommend using all of the cooking liquid. This is where the flavour lives. The beans may initially be quite thin but will thicken up.

Steps:

• Put the pintos in a pan with water to cover.
• Bring to a boil, let boil 3 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and let stand forat least 45 minutes.
• Drain and refill pan with water to cover.
• Boil 30 minutes or till tender.
• Meanwhile, chop onions and garlic (I use a food processor, so it's really fast).
• Saute onions and garlic in olive oil.
• Put pintos and onions and garlic into food processor to mash.

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight or for 8 hours. Discard floating beans and beans that are cracked.
• Rinse beans thoroughly under cold water. Add beans to Crockpot, cover with 1" of water.
• Add salt - approximately 1 tablespoon.
• Add approximately 1 teaspoon of garlic & chili powders.
• Add 1 1/2 (approx) of cumin.
• Sprinkle red pepper flakes.
• Cook on low 4-6 hours or until beans are tender.
• Once beans are done transfer some of your beans to the Cuisnart. Add some of your cooking water. Mix until blended.

Steps:

• In a small bowl mash 2/3 cup of beans to a smooth paste.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the remaining beans with the water. When heated through, stir in garlic, pepper, salt and liquid smoke.
• Stir the bean paste into the whole beans and mix well. Stir in the onion and cook for 10 minutes, or until onions are slightly cooked.

Steps:

• Place the onion, rinsed beans, jalapeno, garlic, salt pepper, and cumin into a slow cooker. Pour in the water and stir to combine. Cook on High for 8 hours, adding more water as needed. Note: if more than 1 cup of water has evaporated during cooking, then the temperature is too high.
• Once the beans have cooked, strain them, and reserve the liquid. Mash the beans with a potato masher, adding the reserved water as needed to attain the desired consistency.