Homemade Refried Beans, Low Fat Crock Pot Style

Total Time: 24 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs dried pinto beans, rinsed & sorted
• 24 cups water (12 for soaking, 12 for cooking)
• 2 tablespoons adobo seasoning
• 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 -2 sweet onion, chopped

Recipe

• 1 rinse & sort the dried beans.
• 2 put the beans in the crock and add the 12 cups of water, it should cover the beans entirely and be about 2-3 inches over them to allow for the beans to expand.
• 3 allow the beans to sit, covered, overnight.
• 4 i started the beans after dinner one night and they sat until the next morning once the kids were off to school.
• 5 drain the beans in the morning and put back into the crock pot.
• 6 add 12 more cups of water to the beans and cook on low 10-12 hours.
• 7 once the beans are done (soft enough) to your liking, drain them but reserve the cooking water!
• 8 mashed the beans by hand with potato masher or a hand mixer.
• 9 add enough cooking water to make the beans to a consistency that you prefer.
• 10 i like to soften the chopped onions with a little oil in pan over medium heat, then add them to the finished refried beans.
• 11 **you can add seasoning to the beans now or wait until you are thaw the beans out and use them in a recipe**.