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refried beans

Traditional dish from Mexico

Street Food Vegetarian

About refried beans

Mexican dish

Refried beans is a dish of cooked and mashed beans that is a traditional staple of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisines, although each cuisine has a different approach when making the dish. Refried beans are also popular in many other Latin American countries. In this dish, after being boiled and then mashed into a paste, the beans are fried or baked.

Components

  • onion
  • garlic
  • bean
  • lard
  • stock

Dietary Information

✓ Vegetarian friendly
✓ Popular street food
Traditional Mexico cuisine

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