VEGETARIAN

Instant Pot Refried Beans

Name: Instant Pot Refried Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb dried pinto beans, rinsed and picked over; 4 cups water; 1 yellow onion, cut in half; 3 cloves garlic, smashed; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp dried oregano; 2 tbsp olive oil; salt to taste

Creamy refried pintos from dried beans, no soak needed, mashed with their own cooking liquid, cumin, and garlic.

About 1 hr 20 min 8 servings Easy

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Dried beans, no soak, no can

Canned refried beans are fine in a pinch. These are better, and they are not more work. Dried pintos go straight into the pot with water, half an onion, and garlic. No soaking, no planning the night before.

The onion half looks like nothing in the pot. It quietly seasons the beans the whole cook. You fish it out at the end and the flavour stays behind.

The cooking liquid is the texture plan

Do not drain these beans. That starchy cooking liquid is what makes them creamy when you mash, so keep every drop. Add it back a splash at a time until the beans look right to you.

Salt goes in at the end, once you can taste what you have. Mash them rough or smooth, your call. They thicken as they stand, so stop a little looser than you think. Leftovers freeze well in flat bags.

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