Frijoles de olla w Chorizo Refried Beans
List of Ingredients
3 oz Chorizo
1/2 onion finely chopped
1 recipe frijoiles de olla with liquid (follows)
Tortilla chips
Options: Minced jalapenos or one roasted and finely chopped pablano pepper.
Frijoles de olla
1 lb pinto beans (dry)
1 T salt
7 cups water
3 cloves garlic minced
Mix and cook in the crockpot for 5 to 6 hours. Correct salt if necessary.
Recipe
Heat oil in large deep frying pan. Fry Chorizo until done and crisp. Add onion and fry til
translucent. Add 1 cup of beans and broth and mash them down with a potato masher and stir
and scrape bottom of pan while doing this. As the broth evaporates add more beans and broth
and mash and stir and scrape. Keep mashing and adding until all beans and juice has been
added. Cook til it is a thick paste. You can leave it alone for a few minutes at a time if you
watch it carefully and go back to mashing and stirring and scraping.
As they cool they get thicker also.
Serve with tortilla chips.