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For a quick lunch, I put a corn tortilla on a plate and spread on about 3T refried bean. Then slices of cheese and some hot sauce. Put another corn tortilla on top and microwave about 45 secs. Dig in!
With any type of eggs for breakfast. That's my favorite application.
I had never tried re-fried beans until I was in Mexico City on business. The hotel had a breakfast buffet and served beans but oddly no potatoes. OH MY GOD! If I could get their beans everyday with eggs I would never eat home fries again. To this day I have never had them as good so I don't eat them. If anyone is from Long Island and knows of a place that makes the real deal please chime in! I have a feeling lard was involved.
Refried beans with breakfast food is sublime. Yes, I do believe lard was involved. It's as if the lard and beans become an emulsion, there is such a creaminess and 'mouth feel'. I always use lard from heritage pigs, and I even rendered it myself once or twice, that's how much I prize lard!
That said, I definitely need to experiment with vegetarian-friendly saturated fat, because I want to be able to feed the non animal eaters too! I'm going to try coconut oil, I ordered some that is supposed to have a very mild taste. So we'll see how it goes!
4 pages in & I'm surprised no one has mentioned using refried beans for Mexican style sandwiches, cemitas. Get a roll or hero roll & spread the hot refried beans on both sides. Add hot meat of choice, queso fresco cheese , shredded lettuce & tomato & your choice of pickled peppers, onion, cilantro &/or hot sauce. The beans hold everything nicely together in the roll. I prefer not to have the condiments cold ie., cheese, salsa, lettuce, etc... so that the sandwich stays warm. Yum...
The only Mexican sandwiches I have had have been machaca with onions, salt, guacamole (thin sauce), whole beans, and a squeeze of lime.
Cemitas sound good, though. I will definitely try this.
Refried beans with breakfast food is sublime. Yes, I do believe lard was involved. It's as if the lard and beans become an emulsion, there is such a creaminess and 'mouth feel'. I always use lard from heritage pigs, and I even rendered it myself once or twice, that's how much I prize lard!
That said, I definitely need to experiment with vegetarian-friendly saturated fat, because I want to be able to feed the non animal eaters too! I'm going to try coconut oil, I ordered some that is supposed to have a very mild taste. So we'll see how it goes!
You can't beat the taste of good lard for Mexican food. Yes, there is such a thing a good lard vs. not-so-good lard. Not for vegans, though.
I once had a Mexican taxi driver laughing as he drove me around a small village to buy a pound of lard. The small grocery store that served the gringos didn't carry it. I finally asked him why he was laughing and he said he didn't know Americans ate lard. Boom! Another cultural stereotype busted all to heck.
On my last visit I ate at a place where the beans had been prepared with bacon grease. Was that good! Next day I went back - no bacon grease. Guess it depended on how many orders they got for bacon in the morning?
In the Yucatan they serve something they call cowboy beans and I don't care for them as much as the refried ones. They tend to be too soupy for my taste.
I can't eat that way all year around or I'd be waddling but, "When in Rome. . ."
I love beans in many different ways. But the one way I can't stand them is refried beans. Much as I love beans, you'd think refried would be top of the list. Nope. Not on the plate. Note in a burrito.
How do people use refried beans? Other than eating them straight from the can as I confess I often do. I like refried beans! What are some ways of serving them? Thank you.
We put a scoop or scoop 1/2 in our tacos.
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I have a feeling lard was involved.
Not for vegans, though.
