Refried Black Beans are the bees knees when it comes to flavourful comfort food.
Traditionally, refried beans are usually made with pinto beans but I chose to use black beans as their nutrition profile is amazing and I also love the flavour.
This recipe is naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan and ready in only 20 minutes! Once your beans are ready, you can serve them as a side or use them to make nachos, tacos, burritos or any of your favourite Mexican dishes that call for pre-cooked beans or meat!
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Black Bean Nutrition
After discovering both that I'm homozygous for the MTHFR polymorphism that has gotten so much attention of late, and that my gut bacteria were in desperate need of quality prebiotic fibre to munch on, I decided to do away with strict Paleo eating and embrace the world of legumes. Give me all the folate and all the prebiotic fibre please. I've quickly determined that I have a few favourite varieties - the rest I don't really care for. Obviously, I can't go past using chickpeas for a Smoky Hummus, French lentils in a salad and black beans in almost anything - they certainly top the list.
I've written about the various benefits of black beans here, and I'm happy to be able to provide a recipe for you to enjoy them. They have such a lovely unique flavour, I really look forward to cooking with them.
Ingredients for this recipe
- Canned black beans*
- Spices
- Apple cider vinegar
- Brown onion
- Garlic cloves
- Olive oil
- Cooking salt
- *if preferred, you can use dried beans as long as they are well-cooked
What you'll love about these beans
- Creaminess from the beans and olive oil with some texture from the beans and onion
- Very easy to make
- Can be frozen in small portions
- Very quick - 20 minutes when using canned cooked beans
- Gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan
Before we get to the recipe
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How to serve Refried Black Beans
So, here is my recipe for Refried Black Beans. There's not much frying involved, so the name is a little confusing. What they are is delicious and comforting. They go perfectly with my purple sweet potato flatbread and condiments such as olives, quick pickled red onions, guacamole, baba ganoush, hot sauce...the list goes on! I like to make a big batch of this to last me through the week. I use my Pressure Cooker/Instant Pot to prepare the beans themselves in a lightning fast 28 minutes with no pre-soaking required. If you haven't gotten a pressure cooker yet, I highly recommend one. You can see my Pressure Cooker/Instant Pot recipes here and an article all about why pressure cooking is so great here.
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Refried Black Beans
Equipment
- cooking knife and chopping board
- large saucepan
- Stick/immersion blender or regular blender
- wooden spoon
- Measuring cup and spoons
- strainer
Ingredients
- 2 cans cooked black beans* (15oz/420g in each can)
- 1 medium brown or yellow onion (diced)
- 6 med-large cloves garlic (peeled and minced)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (divided, more if needed)
- ⅔ teaspoon cooking/kosher salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons sweet smoked paprika
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ⅔ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Place the oil in a large saucepan and add the diced onions - heat on medium while stirring until onions are softened (approx 7 minutes).
- Add the remaining oil, the spices, salt and the garlic and stir for 2 minutes ensuring the garlic does not overcook.
- Add the boiled water and then the beans, stirring well to distribute the spices and garlic evenly.
- Cook for 5 minutes, add the apple cider vinegar and remove from the heat.
- Use a stick/immersion blender to roughly blend the beans - leave some of the beans whole for texture. You can also do this in a regular blender or food processor, using the pulse option a few times. If you don't have equipment, you can manually mash the beans.
- Serve immediately as a side dish or in your favourite Mexican dish.Store any leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days. They can also be frozen in individual portion sizes using a silicon muffin tray or souper cubes silicon tray.
Notes
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