Basic Crock Pot Refried Beans
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Recipe: #8440
March 03, 2013
"Easy to cook with a mild flavor, feel free to spice this one up as hot or spicy as you like with more chopped chiles, chipotles, salsa, what have you."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (94 g)
- Calories 109.8
- Total Fat - 8.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.1 g
- Cholesterol - 12.4 mg
- Sodium - 665.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 5.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.2 g
- Sugars - 0.6 g
- Protein - 3.9 g
- Calcium - 29.9 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step 1
Sort and rinse dried beans; place in crockpot and cover with water (by several inches) and soak overnight.
Step 2
In the morning, drain and rinse beans (discarding soaking water).
Step 3
Return beans to crock pot, and add 6 cups water and the salt.
Step 4
Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours or until beans are nice and tender.
Step 5
Drain cooked beans, reserving cooking liquid.
Step 6
Mash beans and return to crock (or may mash in the crock pot).
Step 7
In a small skillet, saute onion and garlic in lard or butter until tender and lightly golden; add to crock pot.
Step 8
Stir in chopped green chillies and ground cumin, adding some of the reserved cooking liquid to adjust the consistency as desired.
Step 9
Cover crock, and cook on high for 15-30 minutes or until heated through nicely, stirring occasionallly (may add additional liquid if needed).
Step 10
Adjust salt, if necessary, before serving.
Step 11
Garnish with cheese or chopped onion, if desired.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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