Gringo Refried Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 cups pinto beans (soaked overnight, if desired)
• 5 cups water
• 1 large onion, quartered
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
• 6 pieces bacon
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 -2 jalapeno, minced (seeds removed if desired)
• 1/2 teaspoon dry adobo seasoning (adobo seco)
• 1 lime
• salt, to taste
• oil, if needed

Recipe

• 1 cook your pintos:.
• 2 wash beans and remove all gravel and such.
• 3 place beans, water, onions and garlic in pressure cooker.
• 4 add spices.
• 5 close lid and bring to pressure.
• 6 cook on medium heat for 55-65 minutes. release pressure and test for doneness. cook an additional 10 minutes, only if needed. remove the onion and drain the beans, saving all of the cooking liquid.
• 7 get down to the tasty business:.
• 8 saute the bacon until crispy, remove and devour at will (chef's prerogative!).
• 9 add the onion to the rendered bacon fat and saute until caramelized (about 8 minutes). add garlic, jalapeno, and adobo seco and saute a couple more minutes, adding some oil if necessary.
• 10 put sauteed onion mixture in food processor along with about 2 cups of the cooked beans, puree.
• 11 add the puree to the rest of the beans in the cooking pot- stir to mix.
• 12 add the juice of one lime and season with salt, stir. taste the beans. (it can take a lot of salt as this makes a large batch of beans.) adjust salt to taste. if the mixture seems dry, add a bit of the left-over bean water until you reach the desired consistency.
• 13 serve topped with cheese. lots of cheese. :).