HilahCooking – How To Cook Refried Beans

Learn to cook vegan refried beans with this delicious, simple recipe. It turns out you don’t need lard after all to make refried beans! HILAH COOKING: New Episodes Every Tuesday and Thursday! Subscribe on YouTube (never miss a video!) www.youtube.com Facebook: facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Check out over 100 video recipes at hilahcooking.com Hilah Cooking is a short-form, educational web series focused on making cooking FUN! We release two episodes every week. Our focus is on simple, low-cost recipes with a Texas flair. Everything is made from scratch, people! You will not see any packets of taco seasoning mix or gravy powder up in here. If you are going to learn how to cook, you are going to learn it for real! But I promise it will be fun and easy. INGREDIENTS • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or lard for more traditional beans) • 1 clove garlic, minced • 2 cups cooked beans (pinto or black beans are preferred) • water or bean-cooking liquid • salt INSTRUCTIONS: Sauté the garlic in the oil or lard for a few seconds over medium-low heat. Add some of the beans and mash them up. A potato masher works, but so does a big metal spoon. Add some more beans, mashing after each installment. Add about ¼ cup of their cooking liquid (or water if you’re using canned beans) if they seem dry. Keep stirring and mashing, adding more liquid if necessary, until you have a big, steaming skillet of fairly smooth, well-fried beans. It should be about the consistency of mashed potatoes or a …