Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked pinto beans, (Frijoles De La Olla, recipe follows) drained
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 plum tomato, roughly chopped
- 1 medium serrano chile, seeded and minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 8 corn tortillas
- 2 cups shredded Manchego, Swiss or Monterrey Jack cheese
- Mexican crema or regular sour cream, for drizzling
- 2 thin slices red onion, separated into rings
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Put the drained beans and chicken broth in a large bowl.
In a saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, tomato, chile, and garlic. Saute until the onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Rub the oregano, between palms of your hands and sprinkle over the beans. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Add the beans and broth to the pan and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool the beans for about 5 minutes before putting them in the blender. Carefully, pour the mixture into a blender and puree. Return the pureed mixture to the pan and gently reheat over medium-low heat, stirring frequently.
Using tongs, pass the tortillas 1 by 1 through the refried bean sauce until they are somewhat softened and coated on both sides with the sauce. Set aside on a plate. Fill each tortilla with 1/4 cup of shredded cheese. Fold in half and arrange them, overlapping, in a 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Top with an additional 1 to 1 1/2 cups of the bean sauce, just enough to cover the beans but allow the edges of the folded tortillas to show. Bake until cheese is melted about 10 to 15 minutes.
To serve, drizzle with Mexican sour cream lengthwise in a 2-inch thick strip down the center of the dish. Top with 8 overlapping red onion rings.

















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By Mama_the_Home Chef
Mechanicsburg, PA
on May 06, 2013
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This was super easy and delicious!
By Otabenga
WASHINGTON, DC
on September 08, 2012
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I'm always looking for more recipes to incorporate beans so I greatly appreciated Marcela's dedicating the entire episode to "pot beans." The previous tip about heating the tortillas (I used the microwave was much appreciated. I also loved how simple the preparation was for this dish. I made this for Sunday breakfast so stuffed with scrambled eggs in addition to the cheese. Once the beans were cooked it couldn't have been simpler. Hope purists will forgive me for using black beans instead of pintos!
By jjenkindy
Indianapolis, IN
on July 11, 2012
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I made this tonight for the first time. I read that some people thought it was bland, so I made two changes. First, I substituted a small can of salsa verde for an equal amount of the water, and then I used Pepper Jack cheese instead of plain jack. It was wonderful. The beans are super flavorful.
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