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Going along with the thread in the main forum for stretching your food budget. I am looking for some good recipes for using dried beans. I went a little nutty last food shopping expedition and bought a ton of dried beans, now I don't know what to do with them all. So I am here to ask my food friends for some help.
I tried making my own refried beans last week and they came out just "alright". They seemed dry and lacking in flavor that the ones in the can seem to have.
Also looking for some good soup recipes anything you can come up with. So let's hear it for BEANS!!!!
I've made a lot of refried beans, and mine are better than canned - though not as convenient. I just keep aside some cooked pinto beans to make them. I also use finely chopped and fried bacon instead of lard to fry the beans, and some finely diced jalapenos. Once the bacon is all crispy, I put the beans into the pan with the bacon and grease, along with some of the water, and start smooshing with a fork - not all the beans should be mashed, just most of them. If it's too wet, keep simmering until it dries out a bit, if it looks too dry, add more of the bean water. Then it's time to make all kinds of goodies, especially home made burritos!
One thing I would never do is make them vegetarian style - the canned vegetarian are totally tasteless, and the home made isn't much better, even with corn or olive oil. I like it best by far with bacon, or even just lard, bad as that is for the arteries.
I make refried beans with different types of beans as well. Black beans refried are delicious! If you don't want to use the fat and make them refritos, making bean purees are also really tasty. Just add flavored liquid or pot liquor from the pot beans and that's it.
I'm curious...how did you make your beans? If you explain what you did from package to plate we'll probably be able to fix your dry frijoles refritos problem. Homemade refried beans is a joy not to be passed up! lol
Actually it was so long ago I don't remember the recipe I used to make them. My problem is my dh doesn't eat red meat or pork so using lard or bacon grease is out. Any ideas how to give them some flavor without using the above?
Actually it was so long ago I don't remember the recipe I used to make them. My problem is my dh doesn't eat red meat or pork so using lard or bacon grease is out. Any ideas how to give them some flavor without using the above?
I'd use extra virgin olive oil and garlic going the mediterranean/middle eastern route or ghee and a little hing (asafoetida) and go the indian route. These are both excellent to use as bean flavorings, and the respective cooking traditions I mentioned actively make bean purees/refritos routinely in their cuisine. Make sure you use salt and pepper, and don't be afraid to add liquid to thin, and if it's too much, just cook the liquid out. Adding a bit of cumin seed to either would give some nice zip.
Yaaayy!! Btw, love the Corgy in your profile pic ~ my neighbor in Cali used to have one and we had him on a regular petting schedule (they are sooooo smart).
Went shopping today. Decided to see if they have BEB by the new name lol & they DID!!! The funny part is they didnt have them with the other dried beans they were on a different isle all alone. Along side of the dried the had canned to! Yep I am cooking some now for super!! Thanks again ....justhere
Last week I had 2 bags of dry Navy Beans and made Navy Bean Soup with a ham bone. I made this in a crock pot going all day, nice and slow. You can Google a recipe as I don't have one on hand but beans and crock pot go well together.
Navy beans (I thik some call them pinto beans---you know, the white colored ones like you see in Campbell's Bean with Bacon soup)..
I add chopped onion, celery and carrots plus a pretty decent amount of both garlic and onion powder along with some tomato product like V-8 and/or stewed tomatoes. I might even add just a little picante. Shortly before it is done I add some cooked (pretty crisp) bacon.
Very simple. Usually have those things in my kitchen anyway.
And I make a batch of Jiffy Cornbread.
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thats what I been looking for
Thanks a million
Btw, love the Corgy in your profile pic ~ my neighbor in Cali used to have one and we had him on a regular petting schedule (they are sooooo smart).
Bean with bacon soup
