Quote:How do you make your refried beans?   I love the refried beans and rice they serve at Mexican restaurants, so I got a can of refried beans at the grocery store, and they were extremely bland.   I assume they put all kinds of good-tasting, not so healthy stuff in the beans at for example La Nopalera.   So, how do you prepare your refried beans and not have them come out bland?  

 

I wont go into too many details because I've hijacked this thread enough.  In a nutshell, cook pinto beans in a crockpot over night.  DO NOT add salt until the beans are fully cooked.  Heat up some kind of FAT in a pan (Crisco will work, but not as well).  Drop the beans into there WITHOUT the juice that they were cooked in.  Reduce the heat and mash them as they fry.  Add salt to taste.

 

Edit:  I must add that bacon fat/grease gives the beans a little bit of a smokey flavor which is always good.

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