refried beans question

[Anonymous]

If you want them really smooth, use the cuisiinart or stick blender. You also need a fat with some substance — lard, bacon grease or crisco. Olive oil won’t give you the same texture.

[Anonymous]

Get a pound of beans, I like Salvadoran red beans the best. Quick soak in boiling water and a couple teaspoons of salt for an hour. Drain and simmer with a halved onion, four cloves of garlic, and a couple bay leaves in the crockpot or on the stove. Add a cube of bouillon (I like Maggi vegetable). In the crockpot, this may take 5 hours, about half that on the stove. Beans should be very soft. Blend or mash and fry in oil. Coconut oil, olive oil, or bacon grease are all good.