Refried Bean Seasoning Mix

Refried bean seasoning mix

A quick-to-use seasoning mix for your refried beans. It makes them both fragrant and delicious! Feel free of course to adjust to your taste and preferences!

The cocoa is optional; chocolate is used as a cooking spice in Mexico, and it lends your refried beans a wonderful depth of flavour.

The recipe

Yield:  2 cups (300 g) of dry mix.

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Refried Bean Seasoning Mix

A quick-to-use seasoning mix for your refried beans.

Course Dry Mix

Cuisine Tex-Mex

Keyword Beans

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Yield 2 cups of dry mix

Calories 19 kcal

Ingredients

• 65 g ground cumin
• 65 g salt (4 tablespoons. Or salt sub)
• 30 g ground black pepper (4 tablespoons)
• 30 g onion powder (4 tablespoons)
• 45 g garlic powder (4 tablespoons)
• 10 g oregano (4 tablespoons, dried)
• 25 g cocoa powder (optional, 4 tablespoons, unsweetened)
• 10 g chili powder (5 teaspoons)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

1. Place all ingredients in a jar or container, put lid on, and shake.
2. Store in a sealed container.

Usage notes

• Use 3 tablespoons / 40 g per 4 cups of cooked beans being made into refried beans;
• Pro tip: Also add 1 to 2 tablespoons of lime or lemon juice (fresh or bottled) per 4 cups of cooked beans being made into refried beans — the citrus acidity really wakes up the flavour of the beans and takes the flat-tasting edge off them.

Cooking with canning

Refried beans

Nutrition

Per 1 tablespoon of the dry mix.

• 36 calories per tablespoon
• with salt, 970 mg sodium per tablespoon; with salt sub, 182 mg sodium per tablespoon
• if you have any dried tomato powder, a few tablespoons of that makes a nice addition to the mix

With salt

With salt sub