Refried Beans

[IMGONNABE40!]

Okay--so what makes refried beans be refried beans?

DS loves to have these with tacos. The ones from the can seem pretty healthy--low cal, low fat, high fiber. We are having tacos tonight and I have bowl of chili hot beans (canned Bushes beans with a bit of doctoring) in the fridge. I thought if I mashed or pureed them that they could pass as refried beans. What do you think.

Please spare me the eeeeewwww I hate refried beans posts

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

You take cooked (you can use canned) pinto beans (Or black beans are good, too), mash or puree in a blender or food processor. Heat a skillet with some oil, (about medium-low) put the mashed beans in it and cook them until they are the consistency you like. Stir constantly-I use a spatula to keep scraping the bottom of the skillet. They will thicken the more you cook them. While you are frying them, you can add seasoning-I like to add just a little taco seasoning. They are really much better this way than the canned refried beans, and about 1/3 the price...

I don't know about the chili beans you have. Aren't they kidney beans? They might be good, or they may be....odd...

 

[mommytotwo]

Never tried to put together my own refried beans, but it's worth a try. Don't mention it to your DS, and see what he says about it.

 

[FroggyinArk]

i perfer to puree canned ranch style beans, ussually combine the sweet onion and roasted jalapeno varietys, they place in a large skillet( preferasbly an older black iron one) with a lil veg oil and thicken and heat them that way,, true refried beans are ussually the small black beans , i prefer the taste of the pintos in ranch style, i'm afraid the altered bushes ( these are ussually navy beans) might be a bit to light a bean to substitute, you can try them, if it doesnt work out, add a half a block of a good monterey jack or other white cheese, microwave to melt cheese into beans and serve with corn chips as a dip

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

Take one cup of beans and soak them for 2 weeks in the juice from 2 bottles of Vlasic pickles. Strain the beans and have your son drink half the juice. Then add the lard from one small pig and a pound of salt. Place all of this in a small Tupperware bowl and be sure to use the patented burp seal (which incidently is not a small marine animal). Chill for 1 hour in the refrigerator. Remove and microwave on high until the Tupperware lid pops off. Carefully remove and pour in 2 bottles of Tobasco sauce and a teaspoon of water. Get one of those magic wand mixer things and mix well. Note: turn off mixer before removing from bean mixture or cover all furniture with a plastic drop cloth. Take this mixture and place it in the refrigerator for 3 weeks or until a large crust of fuzzy gray stuff appears around all edges. Take the bowl and pour it out into the garbage disposal. Get in your car and drive 1.5 miles to Taco Bell entering the drive-thru and order a side of pinto beans. It works for me every time my wife asks me to cook.

Jeff

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Thanks everyone! I expected to come back to this thread and find several posts that say "eeeeewwww I hate refried beans!" and I would have deserved it.

Bushes uses red beans for their chili hot beans. I think I will take some suggestions from each of you and see how it turns out.

 

[Snow Dog Mom]

My recipe:

Put a little bacon grease in the bottom of a frying pan. Pour drained can of pinto beans on top of heated grease. Mash with potato masher but leave it chunky. Add some salsa and cheese. If it is too thick--add more salsa. If too thin-- add some cheese.

Really yummy!!!

Kim

 

[Saffron]

Are we allowed to say, "Yummy, I love refried beans?" If so, cool 'cause I just did!!! If not, I won't say it then.

 

[HappyMommy2]

Hmmm...I don't think red beans would make the best refried beans (well, it might tast okay if you're not expecting it to taste like "regular" refried beans, which are usually made from pinto beans and use different seasonings from Bush's beans).

IMO to make REALLY good refried beans you've got to do it from scratch--boil dried pinto beans with garlic and bay leaf till done, mash well. Set the cooking liquid aside. Saute some minced onion and fresh chopped jalapeno in a bit of vegetable oil (my friend who runs a Mexican restaurant says you MUST use lard or bacon grease but I don't! ), then fry the beans for a while in the pan with the oil and onion and jalapeno. Add some of the reserved cooking liquid if the beans seem dry, and season to taste with cumin and salt and a bit of chili powder if you like. Yum! I've done this with canned pinto beans and it was okay but just not the same.

 

[BarryHom]

I've always wondered about refried beans. Isn't frying it once enough? It's like a twiced-baked potato. Why not cook it once and be done with it?

 

[nhrenee]

Originally posted by WebmasterBarry
I've always wondered about refried beans. Isn't frying it once enough? It's like a twiced-baked potato. Why not cook it once and be done with it?

Lol, Barry! What about refried squid?

I love refried beans. They're great for a quick healthy supper with baked nacho chips, salsa and a little cheese.

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Thanks everyone! I ended up pureeing the Bushes Chili Hot Beans that I had "doctored" the other day ( ihad added some cilantro and hot sauce, don't remember what else). I put them in the food processor then baked them for a while. Maybe not traditional, but they did turn out very yummy!

I am going to print this thread for future reference.