I've never seen refried beans discussed anywhere on this forum. I love them. I had them on my nachos tonight. They are great for thickening sauces, bean juice, and chili.

Ever use them? Favorite brand? Favorite dish?

They are excellent, best I've had are homemade and cooked with real snow cap lard in the mix.
Mother in law uses a blender to get them to the right consistency due to her arthritis. Again the Morrel lard is the game changer!

we only make refrieds out of homemade beans cant stand the can crap.

Make them all the time, homemade. I use bacon grease instead of lard. I like to add a little black pepper, garlic powder, and a dash a cumen.

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Lard is what frijoles want but bacon drippings won't hurt. I would use lard primarily.

HELLO>>>>> my phone never rang when you were making this.........

I like pretty much any kind of beans ... a lady that used to work in our cafeteria started making refried beans for breakfast but they were pretty blah and she knew it, so she started playing around with jazzing them up. She chopped up some bacon, onions, jalapeno, plus a little oil (not sure what kind), salt & pepper and re-fried a bit more until the onions started to get soft. This totally changed the flavor profiles and made them some of the best re-fried beans I have ever eaten.

I really like refried black beans. Very rarely make them, but have no issues with the canned variety. A little smear of some black refried beans on a chip with some pulled pork, sautéed onion and some jalapenos and cheese is about as good as it gets.