Frijoles refritos recipe

Nachos

Nachos with sour cream, salsa, corn and guacamole.

Serves: 4
Cooking time: 30 minutes (excluding boiling time for beans)

Ingredients

- 5 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
- 1 medium-sized onion, coarsely chopped
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 dried chipotle pepper, finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 200 g pinto beans (soaked overnight & drained, may substitute with 1 can of red beans)
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tomato, coarsely diced
- salt to taste

Method

1. Boil the pinto beans in water until cooked. Drain.

Tip:
In order not to cook your beans forever, do not add salt until turning off the fire, and use bottled soft water.

2. Heat the oil in preferably non-stick pot over medium heat. Fry garlic and onion until soft.

3. Add chipotle pepper, cumin seeds, beans, tomato puree, tomato and salt. Stir. Add a little water if it's too dry.

4. After 10 minutes, turn off the heat.

5. Mash the dish with a masher, or blend with electrical blender until very fine.

6. Serve.

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