Zesty Refried Beans

Submitted by Witch Doctor

"Take 2 cans of ordinary, bland refried beans and give them some extra flavor! My kids love it fixed this way!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 (16 ounce) cans refried beans
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream

directions

1. Combine refried beans, chili powder, and cumin in a medium saucepan; cook over low heat until thoroughly heated.
2. Top each serving with a dollop of sour cream.

Reviews

[KPD123]

excellent variation to ordinary canned beans! love it! will be adding to my mexican cookbook. maybe next time i'll add some onions sauteed in butter. thanks for posting!!

 

[steve in FL]

I followed the directions EXACTLY as written - this bean recipe is awesome! And easy, and cheap, and contains everything I always have in the cupboard, so I will always add these spices to my beans going forward.. thanks much!!!

 

[bshemyshua]

You are right when you say this gives extra flavor to ordinary, bland, refried beans. These spices go such a long way toward improving the flavor. It is not authentic I'm sure, but I have also added a 1/4 cup of butter or margerine before heating. This gives the beans such a creamy texture and and cooking the butter into the beans seems to keep them from getting to runny. Would highly recommend this recipe to anyone.

 

[kaec7628]

I used 1 can of black beans, drained, for one of the cans of the refried beans. I also added some shredded cheese. We thought these were really good and I will definitely repeat this often. THANKS!

 

[Bergy]

I cut the recipe in half and found when I added the sour cream the beans were a bit too runny. However I heated them a little longer allowing them to dry out.The addition of cumin and chili powder was great. I also added some garlic . It may be the brand of Fried beans that caused them to be runny. In any case they were delicious The beans were served on Tostados