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Refried beans

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Refried beans, from the Spanish frijoles refritos, are a dish of cooked and mashed beans that is a traditional staple of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisines and is also popular across Latin America. The beans are first boiled, then mashed into a paste, and fried or baked, though despite the English name they are only fried once. The name is in fact a mistranslation: the Spanish refritos means well fried or intensely fried rather than fried again.

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Course
Side Dish 1
Dietary Suitability
Vegan 1
Origin Region
Mexico 2
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1. Refried beans (Wikipedia)
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    Refried beans (from Spanish: frijoles refritos, lit. 'well-fried 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.
  • In Cuisine: Mexican Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Prepared By Technique: Frying, Lead sentence
    Refried beans (from Spanish: frijoles refritos, lit. 'well-fried beans') is a dish of cooked and mashed beans that is a traditional
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2. Refried beans (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): Mexico
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