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Instant Refried Beans Mix
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You don't have to spend a lot of money to get great side dishes! This inexpensive make ahead Refried Bean Mix recipe is very inexpensive, less than .05 per prepared serving.
(Photo credit to BleedingAce!)

You'll Need:

3 cups dried navy or pinto beans

3 tsp. dried cumin
3 tsp. chili powder
1

tsp. salt pepper
3 T. dried minced onion

In a coffee grinder, food mill or blender, grind beans until a flour consistency. Combine all ingredients and store jar or ziploc bag.

To Use:
3/4 cup mix
2-1/2 cups boiling water

Mix with a wire whisk until combined. Bring to boil, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 4-5 minutes or until thickened. Mixture will thicken more as it cools. Refried beans will remain thickened even when reheating. You can add salsa or chopped chili peppers for added zip.
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3 Comments
bleedingace - 01-31-2012

Here is a picture of a jar of refried beans, I made from dried pinto beans; so our children could have something quick, easy and healthy to make for lunch. They love bean burritos with this mix and rated it a 10 (cause you can add cheese).
They like to add cheese, lettuce and our homemade salsa to their flour tortilla raps. Our children are confident that they can cook good now.
Thank you Budget 101 for making my life easier and our children happy!

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dct9000 - 02-04-2012

This is so much cheaper then my version, which is to buy canned chile beans (when on sale) and then mashed them.

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SherriDawn42 - 03-12-2012

I made this a couple of times this past weekend. In my Ninja it worked ok but was not quite a fine enough grind. We ate the burritos for supper, the beans were edible but the chunks were not as soft as I thought they should be even after they cooked an additional 3-4 min. I bought a coffee grinder and still had to re grind a third or so of the mix because it was too chunky. Today a friend brought over the grain mill attachment for the kitchenaid mixer and that worked the best of all! The batch I made today I am adding a bit of garlic powder (1 teaspoon) and some dried parsley flakes (1 tablespoon) to. I am excited to add this recipe to my collection. The canned beans are a very high sodium content for my family and dried beans are much cheaper than canned!

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