Mashed Black Beans

Got this easy recipe from Cuisine at Home June '03. Tastes fabulous and takes only 15 minutes! Very easy to halve or double to.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 5 cups

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup  vegetable oil
• 1  large  white onion, chopped
• 6  garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1⁄2 cup water, may need up to 1 cup
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

1. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
2. Add onion and cook until golden, stirring often, about 7 minutes.
3. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute.
4. Add beans and mash coarsely with a potato masher, mashing in onion and and garlic at the same time.
5. Thin beans with enough water to give them a soft consistency that barely holds it shape in a spoon.
6. Season with salt.
7. Cover and keep warm until serving.