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Frijoles refritos

Name: Frijoles refritos
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 8 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 cup dry pinto beans or rajma soaked rajma, dry (dried red kidney beans); 1 chopped onion; 3 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp or lard cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/4 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); Water, for cooking; Salt, to taste; Queso fresco, to garnish

Beans cooked soft, then mashed and fried until thick and silky. Mexico's everyday side.

45 minTime

14 gProtein each

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8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 45 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayPinto beans, mashed and fried.

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Frijoles refritos.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rajma, dry (dried red kidney beans)1 cup dry pinto beans or rajma, soaked

Onion1, chopped

Garlic3 cloves

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp, or lard

Cumin powder (ground cumin)¼ tsp

Waterfor cooking

Saltto taste

Queso frescoto garnish

Method

4 steps

1Pressure cook soaked beans with half the onion, garlic and salt for 5 whistles. Let pressure release naturally.
2Fry remaining onion in oil until golden, add cumin.
3Add beans with some cooking liquid and mash in the pan as they fry, adding liquid as needed.
4Top with crumbled cheese and serve hot.

Serve it like this

Serve in a small bowl or spooned beside eggs or tacos, crumbled cheese on top and tortilla chips stuck in for scooping.

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