Instant Pot Refried Beans! (The #1 reason to buy an Instant Pot)
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Instant Pot Refried Beans! (The #1 reason to buy an Instant Pot) I LOVE refried beans. But storebought ones are a little pricey, and …
You don’t put lard in them? My friend does and says you need a lot more salt than you think. What is your thought?
How long will the beans last in the fridge and can they be frozen?
A good way to add a lot of flavor is to use dried chilis, if you can find them near you. For like 2 cups of dried beans, I use 2 ancho chilis, 3 guajillo chilis, and 1 new mexico chili… For 1 cup of dried beans I would probably drop it to 1 ancho, 2 guajillos, and 1 new mexico…. –but the easiest way to use them for the method you used is to just stem them and seed them and throw them in the instant pot. They'll soften in there and flavor the bean liquor. Then, because you are using an immersion blender, you just blend them right in (crumbling and tearing them up as you put them in will help them blend).
I don't own an immersion blender yet, so I just do it in a normal blender, beforehand. I soften them in a pot of boiling water (after stemming and seeding), then put them in a blender, add some garlic and onion, then some of the liquid that they steeped in and count it as some of the liquid that I was going to add to the instant pot for the beans, because it has the cup measurements on the side…. blend it up until smooth and then add it to the instant pot over the beans and put the rest of the liquid in as beef stock or whatever… even just normal water works, but I like using some sort of stock or broth for more flavor… and just cook it the same way ^~^
If you want them less spicy, take out the new mexico chili (it's the only kinda spicy one; the others have more fruity, floral and smoky flavors….). If you want them more spicy, you can add like one or two chipotles in adobo sauce (comes in a small can). Anchos are just smoked poblanos and chipotles are just smoked jalapenos, to give an idea of how spicy they are. Guajillos aren't very spicy at all… They're the fruity, floral ones… I wanna try out these ones that are kinda broad and round, called cascabella, I think… They're supposed to have more smokey notes, I think? The died chili aisle is fun, because you can experiment with them on beans first and see how they taste and work with other things, and they all seem to go great with beans…. It's just the same process… Stem them, seed them, hehydrate them, and blend them up…. Then you can build all kinds of different flavor profiles, because they all have their own unique flavors to play around with to find what you like ^~^
I literally made these right after you posted it. I used mayocoba beans and they came out Amazing! Thank you for the inspiration 😊👍
the beans are actually supposed to be very well fried in lard as you add back your liquid slowly and mash them with your bean masher. They're only about $1 at the discount dollar store. All the extra spices aren't really needed either if you want authentic Mexican refried beans. Just the bean liquid and a couple cloves of garlic and no salt before you cook them. Cook them then mash and add salt after you get your desired consistency but don't cover up the flavor of the beans. Gotta be lard they're fried in too for that authentic flavor. Try it. You might like it!
Hey friends! I hope you like this little shortie! Nothing beats a fridge full of beans right?
That sounds so much easier than some of the other recipes I’ve seen where they cook the beans all day on the stove and add a little bit of water to it at a time… too much work. I will be sure to give these a try! (when you first showed them, before you mashed them up and they got thicker, I thought they looked so good I would’ve just eaten them like that😄)
I'm just about to make some quesadillas so of course I had to dig out a can of these beans from my pantry when this came up, but next time I am making yours <3
I love refried beans, they are so versatile!
Looks like dinner will be in about an hour and 10 minutes from now. We're having tacos and I need refried beans!