This no sodium vegetarian refried beans recipe works well as a side dish, or as a filling for tacos, burritos, nachos, or tostados.
Refried Beans
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- ½ medium onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Optional: 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 (15-ounce) can no-salt pinto beans or black beans (OR 1½ cup pre-cooked beans), drained and rinsed
- ⅔ cup no-salt vegetable broth (OR chicken broth if you don't need a vegetarian dish), plus more if needed to moisten the beans
- Optional: ½ tsp lime juice
- Optional: Mrs Dash Onion Herb Seasoning blend
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro leaves OR 2 tsp dried chopped cilantro
Instructions
- In a medium skillet, heat the oil. Then add the onion and cook until tender, about 3 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic, chili powder or taco seasoning, and Mrs Dash. Cook for 1 minute more.
- Stir in the beans, chicken broth and optional lime juice. If using dried cilantro, stir in cilantro now.
- Cook about 5 minutes until the beans are warmed through. Mash the beans coarsely with the back of a spoon, adding more broth to moisten, if needed. If using fresh cilantro, stir in the cilantro now.
- Stir in the lime juice. If needed warm the beans on low heat.
This is a no sodium recipe
