Refried Beans Vegetarian and Vegan. It's naturally gluten-free, vegetarian and can also be made vegan if you'd like. And most importantly, it tastes sooo much better than the canned stuff!<br />. Homemade tastes so much better than canned!

We love using it for quick and easy meals, such as buddha bowls, burritos, nachos and even in homemade quesadillas. These quick and easy vegan refried beans are perfect for dipping, served as a side dish, or stuffed into burritos. Ready in minutes and full of flavor! You can have Refried Beans Vegetarian and Vegan using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Refried Beans Vegetarian and Vegan

Prepare 1 lb of dried pinto beans.
It's 1 of small onion, whole but peel this one.
It's 3 cloves of garlic, whole don't peel these.
It's of Salt.
It's of Another small onion, peel and rough chop this one.
Prepare 2 of more cloves garlic if small use 3, peel & coarsely chop these.
Prepare of Good tasting vegetable oil that you like.
You need of Salt and pepper.
It's of Water.

I was the only vegetarian in the house, and when you've got vegetarian refried beans, you've usually got a meatless meal that can be assembled in minutes. Vegan - Just because a refried bean recipe says that it is vegetarian, it does not necessarily mean that it's vegan. Vegetarian recipes avoid animal products, but not certain byproducts, such as enzymes sourced from animal hair and fur. You'll find these most often used in commercial bread products, but.

Refried Beans Vegetarian and Vegan instructions

Soak beans in water to cover overnight. Drain and rinse well. Using fresh water and large pot, cover beans by at least 4 inches of water, bring to boil, add a Tb salt, 1 small onion (peeled but not cut), and 3 garlic cloves, unpeeled. Lower heat, cover, and cook beans until soft, about 90 mins - 2 hours. Drain beans and discard onion and garlic. Do not omit this step. You must remove it all..
In bowl of lg food processor, add 1/2 of the beans, 2/3 cup water, second onion, & garlic cloves, 2 tsps salt & little pepper. Process to a thinnish pasty mixture. (Next batch will be thicker mixture). Put 1st batch in lg bowl, set aside..
Second batch will be beans & water only. Put the rest of beans in processor, add 1/4 cup water and process until very thick mixture where you have a choice here to leave it a bit chunky to get a bite or add more water and process until smooth. 2 batches will have 2 different consistencies. Mix both together..
Heat 2 Tbsps oil in very large skillet. Add beans, stir and cook beans about 15 mins, keep stirring, adding more water if needed to get correct consistency. Taste and adjust salt..
Serve with anything you like. Tomatoes, diced onions, lettuce, cheddar, sour cream, salsa, chopped chives, olives, jalapenos, candied jalapenos, my new fave, etc..

This is a traditional vegetarian refried bean recipe that tastes great with hardly any fat! You can sprinkle in Monterey jack cheese if you like. I never made refried beans before wow did this come out great. The taste compared with my favorite beans at the local Mexican Resturant. How to Make Easy Vegan Refried Beans