Refried Beans

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 (1/2 cup) servings
  • Total: 19 min
  • Prep: 10 min
  • Cook: 9 min
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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 medium onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon ancho chili powder, or other chili powder

1 (15-ounce) can pinto beans, preferably low-sodium, drained and rinsed

2/3 cup low-sodium chicken broth, plus more if needed

Salt and pepper

2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves

Directions

  1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and chili powder and cook for 1 minute more. Stir in the beans and chicken broth and cook until the beans are warmed through, about 5 minutes. Mash the beans coarsely with the back of a wooden spoon, adding more chicken broth to moisten, if needed. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in the cilantro.

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🫘 Our go to for refried beans. We triple the recipe. It makes the best beans to have bean burritos, tacos and we make our own nachos with these beans instead of taco meat. Never had a complaint. We now, don’t squash them.They are so good. We omit salt because the low sodium chicken broth is plenty salty. Omit black pepper for a tiny bit of cumin seeds. Yummy 🌮🌯

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