tasty refried beans?

funkymonkey849

Quasidillas (sp?!) are delicious, spread refried beans on a tortilla, put on some extra toppings eg.g salsa, jalapenos, olives, avacado and then top with grated cheese. Place another tortilla on top and heat in a frying pan on both sides until golden brown and the cheese has melted everything together. Cut into wedges and serve.

Also yummy in enchilladas

Or top a jacket potato with refried beans and cheese

Mmmmmmmmmm I love refried beans!! They are so expensive though, I usually make do with mashed kidney beans with some onions and spices mixed in.

purpleivy

funkymonkey849 wrote: »

Mmmmmmmmmm I love refried beans!! They are so expensive though, I usually make do with mashed kidney beans with some onions and spices mixed in.

I make my own, big batch at a time and really nice. I never could stand the canned ones personally, but HM are good and cheap. I think the recipe might be in Weezl's thread.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=10514859#post10514859 post 234

These days I seem to use any old beans that I have. Pinto beans are the ones you are supposed to use, but i tried them and didn't rate them. DD lived in Mexico for 6 months this year and said they just referred to the beans not by name but by colour.

I haven't been able to make my own tortillas for a few months as I have tennis elbow, shame!

meerkatgirl

I'd go tamale pie all the way - good, stodgy winter food!

http://www.elook.org/recipes/vegetable/45456.html

Fivenations

Refried bean salad - Had it at a party and it was yum

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Refried-Bean-Salad/Detail.aspx

Pink.

Hi arran m,

This thread has some recipes that may help:

tasty refried beans?

I'll add your thread to that one later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Stephen_Leak

Try this ...

REFRIED BEANS

These are only fried once. The name is due to a mis-translation. In Castilian Spanish and English, the prefix re- indicates that something is done more than once. However, in Mexican Spanish, the prefix re- indicates that something is done well. As this dish is Mexican, its name, frijoles refritos, is in Mexican Spanish and translates into English as “well-fried beans” and not “twice-fried beans”.

Serves 2 - 3

INGREDIENTS

420g tin of baked beans
400g tin of red kidney beans
1 chilli pepper
1 onion
1 tablespoon of oil

FRESH CHILLI PEPPER WARNING!

When you chop up fresh chilli peppers be careful and avoid getting juice on your hands. If you touch your eyes, mouth or other ‘sensitive areas’, even an hour after chopping them, they will smart and burn. So wash your hands or wear rubber gloves.

METHOD

Open the tins of beans and drain off the water. Cut the top off the chilli pepper, cut it in half and scrape out the seeds, then chop it into pieces. Peel the onion and chop it into pieces.

Put the beans into a bowl. Add the chilli. Mix thoroughly.

If you have a food processor, put the beans and chilli in it and blend them to the desired consistency. If you have a hand blender, put the beans and chilli into a bowl and blend them to the desired consistency. If you don’t have a food processor or hand blender, put the beans and chilli into a bowl and use a potato masher or fork to mash them to the desired consistency. The desired consistency is like porridge or double cream. If required, add a little bit of water.

Put the oil into a frying pan on a medium heat. Add the onion. Fry the onion for about 5 minutes until it is soft. Stir frequently to stop them sticking.

Add the beans and chilli. Mix thoroughly. Fry for about 5 minutes. Stir frequently to stop it sticking.

ADDITIONS & ALTERNATIVES

Use dried beans, but these will need to be soaked and boiled first.

Use other beans, especially pinto beans, which are the authentic Mexican cowboy bean.

If you can’t find just one chilli pepper, use 1 teaspoon of chilli powder.

Add 2 rashers of bacon, chopped into 1cm (½ inch) pieces, or 50g of chorizo, sliced, at the same time as the onions.

Add 1 teaspoon of ground cumin. Cumin comes from Asia, but the Spanish brought it with them to the New World, where it is now widely used in Tex-Mex cuisine.

Add 2 teaspoons of parsley, which is reputed to reduce the wind generating capacity of beans.

TIPS

Let it cool and reheat it, as the flavour of chilli improves with reheating.

CFC

I think there are a LOT of different recipes, probably like our cottage pie or cornish pasties! The Texan friend who taught me how to make chili and cornbread also taught me to make refried beans (like Stephen's, actually only cooked once) with lard.

Stephen_Leak

FYI, the combination of beans and corn contains the same amino acids as meat.