Refried Black Beans

One of my favorite Mexican side dish recipes is Refried Black Beans. I've been sharing some fun and delicious traditional Mexican recipes using my Crock Pot Shredded Beef recipe. Refried Black Beans are so easy to make and now you can make them at home.

All good Mexican main dish recipes must have a few good side dish recipes to go along with them. I usually just dump a can of black beans in a sauce pan and add some salsa, then simmer. But since I am planning on sharing a few more traditional Mexican recipes I decided I should make some Refried Black Beans to go along with them.

Are refried beans really fried? Well, these Refried Black Benas are not fried in any way. They are pretty much just simmered on the stove with some seasonings. As a short cut, I skipped cooking dried black beans and used canned to make these Refried Black Beans. You can use dried black beans if you wish.

To use dried black beans to make Refried Black Beans soak and cook the dried black beans as you normally would. Once they are tender add the remaining ingredients to the pot with the undrained cooked black beans and continue with the instructions from there.

Refried Black Beans Ingredients

• 2 - 15 oz cans black beans
• ½ cup diced onion
• 1 minced clove garlic
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan.
2. Sauté the onion and garlic clove about 2 minutes.
3. Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat and simmer 20-30 minutes occasionally mashing the beans.
5. Serve alongside your favorite Mexican recipe.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with these authentic Mexican Recipes

• Crock Pot Shredded Beef recipe
• Shredded Beef Quesadillas recipe
• Shredded Beef Nachos recipe
• Shredded Beef Tamales recipe
• Refried Black Beans
• Pico de Galo
• Shredded Beef Chimichangas
• Mexican Rice with Chorizo 

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Homemade Refried Black Beans

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Easy homemade refried black beans made with canned beans is a great side dish with all your Mexican recipes. Serve it with tacos, burritos, or any favorite Mexican meal.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Cinco de Mayo, Mexican

Servings 6 Servings

Calories 155 kcal

Ingredients  

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• ▢ 30 oz canned black beans, undrained (two 15 oz. cans)
• ▢ ½ cup diced onion
• ▢ 1 whole minced clove garlic
• ▢ ½ teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil

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Instructions 

• Heat the oil in a sauce pan.
• Sauté the onion and garlic clove about 2 minutes.
• Add the remaining ingredients to the pan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 20-30 minutes occasionally mashing the beans.
• Serve alongside your favorite Mexican recipe.

Recipe Expert Tips

• Canned beans makes it easy to make refried black beans.
• Great taco Tuesday side dish recipe.
• Use to make vegetarian bean burritos.

Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 155kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 9gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 739mgPotassium: 457mgFiber: 10gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 6IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 3mg

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