Ingredient: raw pinto beans

Sometimes, you just have to refry things in a crockpot. Okay? Don’t judge. I’m from New England. We like our crockpots.

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Print Recipe

Refried Beans of Revision Crockpot Style

Course

side dish

Cuisine

vegetarian

Servings

Ingredients

• 2 cups raw pinto beans Raw man! RAW!
• 6 cups water
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• 1/2 cups minced green pepper because peppers rock. I add hot peppers too because I'm spicy.
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 cups rice optional - I never do this, honestly.

Course side dish Cuisine vegetarian Servings Ingredients 2 cups raw pinto beans Raw man! RAW! 6 cups water 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 cups chopped onion 3 cloves crushed garlic 1/2 cups minced green pepper because peppers rock. I add hot peppers too because I'm spicy. 2 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/2 cups rice optional - I never do this, honestly.

Instructions

1. See all that stuff? It's what makes your book -- I mean beans -- awesome.
2. Admire the beans. They are characters. Admire the water that holds it all together.
3. Put all those ingredients in the crockpot.
4. Try not to think about it.
5. Cook it in the crockpot on high.
6. Think about people who have InstaPots. Judge them. Feel old school.
7. Realize you aren't old school. You're just too poor to buy an InstaPot.
8. Try not to care.
9. Keep cooking. Ignore it just like you ignore all deadlines, plot holes, bad dialogue and your excessive use of the word "then."
10. Check it at five hours. It looks cool.
11. Check it at eight hours. It's mooshy! YAY!
12. Put it in a blender if you're an overachiever.
13. Put some in a skillet and fry in oil if you're a human.
14. Adjust for salt and stuff.
15. SMASH IT ALL IN YOUR MOUTH AND REJOICE!

Recipe Notes

I have been making a version of these from the Moosewood Cookbook ever since I got the Moosewood Cookbook in high school. 

This specific version is adapted from Courageous Joy, which adapted it from Moosewood. Here's the link.