Creamy Refried Black Beans

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Healthy in a Hurry

By Karen Ansel and Charity Ferreira

Published 2012

  • About

Serve these beans alongside Mexican-inspired meals, such as scrambled egg chilaquiles, steak fajitas, or salmon tacos, or spoon them into burritos. You can use black beans you’ve cooked yourself, or good-quality canned beans.

Ingredients

  • olive oil, 1 Tbsp
  • yellow onion, ¼ cup ( oz/

Method

  1. Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, chiles, and garlic and sauté, reducing heat as necessary to prevent scorching, until onion and chiles are soft and wilted, 5–8 minutes.
  2. Transfer onion mixture to a food processor. (Reserve pan.) Add beans, cumin, chili powder, salt, and 2