Once fried beans are tasty! Twice fried, refried beans are delicious! All you need is a slightly charred tortillas, some crumbled queso and a pickled jalapeño!
Course Beans
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 6Servings
Ingredients
4cupsfrijoles de la olla, whole cooked pinto beans
1cbean broth
1/4cNatural rendered pork lard
¼small onion
1large serrano peppersliced open
2dried chile de arbol
Saltto taste
Instructions
In a large skillet, preheat 4 tablespoons of lard at medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Add the onion, serrano pepper and chile de arbol. Stirring continuously sauté and fry the ingredients until they start to blacken in some spots.
Add the beans and the bean broth. Stir well to combine. Reduce heat slightly and let simmer for 3 minutes.
Using a potato masher, mash the beans while they are simmering to the consistency that you enjoy. Serve as is for fried beans.
Notes
Tips~ For refried beans, take the once fried beans and let them cool.