Yum is all I can say. Burritos made with these, the pico de gallo from yesterday’s recipe, and the rice I’ll post tomorrow are awesome. From allrecipes.com of course, I cooked ours for about 16 hours.
Homemade Refried Beans
1 onion, peeled and halved
3 cups dry pinto beans, rinsed
1/2 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
2 tablespoons minced garlic
5 teaspoons salt
1 3/4 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground cumin, optional
9 cups water
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 desired consistency.
Hello fellow Oregonian,
I think you just made my mouth water- I have to give this a try! I see you also home school, me too. Hope you’re having a great New Year so far.
Tessa (aka Dirtdigger at Blunders with shoots, blossoms ‘n roots)
There is nothing like homemade food. So much of everything we eat is processed and it doesn’t take much effort to make something for real.
This recipe sounds great! The thing with refried beans you buy at the store is the lard. That and they are often not so big on tastiness. Bland would be more like it. Poor taste and lots of crap added. Ugh. While this spicy recipe seems to be just the opposite. Just don’t know if I could wait 16 hours. No will power.