Homemade Refried Beans

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Credit:Ā Siam Rimmer

Ingredients

  • 3 Cups of Pinto Beans 
  • 1 Medium White Onion
  • 4 Gloves of Garlic
  • 1 Smoked Ham hock
  • 1 Jalapeno
  • 2 Tbsps. Bacon Fat
  • 1 Tsp. Pepper
  • ½ tsp Salt


Directions

  1. Rinse and clean the pinto beans. Place in a large pot and add the beans, chopped up onion, garlic gloves, jalapeno, pepper and cover with water at least 1ā€ above the beans.
  2. Place on the stove and bring to boil with a lid for 1 hour. Remove lid and add more water to the beans until beans are tender and cooked for at least 2 hrs. Ā Make sure to check water level as the water evaporates to cook the beans. After beans are cooked turn off and set for hour.
  3. In a frying pan add the bacon fat and spoon out the beans bring to boil and start to smash with a potato smasher. Ā Remove the ham hock and cut cup the meat and add to the beans.
  4. Mix together so it doesn’t stick to pan and serve as a side dish with cheese or in a Mexican dish

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