Frijoles Refritos
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked pinto beans with some bean juice or 1 tin of unsalted pinto or black beans
- 2 tbsp slightly salted butter
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ white onion finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove peeled and finely chopped
To garnish
- ½ cup queso fresco or feta crumbled
- 6 fresly made corn tortillas or tortilla chips
Instructions
- Heat the butter and the oil in a saucepan to medium heat. Add the onion and the garlic and gently fry them for 5 minutes.
- Add the beans making sure to add some of the bean juice. Season them with salt and bring them to a boil.
- Once they are boiling, mash them with the potato masher or blend them with a hand blender. Remember to leave some texture.
- Serve them with crumbled queso fresco or feta, sour cream (optional). Perfect dish to have with any other wonderful Mexican dish.