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+name: refried beans
+category: side
+tried: yes
+how_good: quite good
+source: https://cookieandkate.com/easy-refried-beans-recipe/
+ingredients:
+  - 6 cups cooked pinto beans (about half a dried bag or 4 cans)
+  - 1 1/2 cup finely chopped onions (increa
+  - 1 tsp hot chilli powder
+  - 4 tbsp of finely chopped cilantro
+  - 3 tbsp oil
+  - 2 tbsp lime juice
+directions:
+  1: Cook the beans by boiling. Skip this step if using cans
+  2: Sautee onions in 2 tbsp of oil
+  3: Mash the cooked beans. They don't have to be perfectly creamy
+  4: Add bean paste in roughly 2 cup batches to frying onions
+  5: Mix in chilli powder
+  6: Take off heat. Mix in cilantro
+notes: >
+  You can use any type of beans, I used black beans. Pinto are more
+  "traditional". You can probably use up to 3 cups of onions, any types works.
+  Mostly fine without the lime juice.