Recipe - Classic Mexican Fried Beans With Onions And Garlic

2 tablespoon Vegetable oil; lard, bacon
or chorizo drippings
1 md White onion chopped
4 Garlic cloves; peeled and
finely chopped
4 cup Undrained; seasoned cooked
beans, slightly warm
Salt; to taste
One half cup Crumbled mexican queso
fresco, queso anejo,
pressed, salted farmers
cheese, dry feta or
parmesan, for garnish
Tortilla chips; for garnish

In a large well seasoned or nonstick skillet, heat the oil or pork fat over
medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until deep
golden, about 10 minutes. Stir in the garlic, cook for a minute or so, then
use a slotted spoon to scoop in about One fourth of the beans, leaving most of the
liquid behind. With a bean or potato masher, or the back of a large spoon,
mash the beans into a coarse puree. Add another portion of the beans, mash
them in, and continue until all the beans have been added and coarsely
mashed. Add about a cup of bean liquid or water and stir frequently over
the heat until the beans are still a little soupier than you'd like to
serve them (they'll thicken as they sit.) Taste and season with salt if
needed.

Yield: 6 servings

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8916 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #691 by
"Angele and Jon Freeman" jfreeman@netusa1.net on Jul 26, 1997