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Tex-Mex Trio: Refried Beans, Guacamole, Pico de Gallo

Welcome back! 
As a follow up to the Ten Layer Dip, here's our recipe for homemade refried beans, guacamole, and pico de gallo.

Refried Beans

Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 tablespoon butter
  • 1/4 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 can pinto beans
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 lemon/lime juice
  • Salt to taste

Directions:

  1. Saute the onions and garlic with the oil in a pan until soft.
  2. Add the spices (chili powder and cumin) into the pan and mix it a little.
  3. Rinse out the pinto beans thoroughly and put them in the pan.
  4. Add the water, lemon/lime juice, and salt and cook until the beans are soft.
  5. Once done, add the butter and mix it together.
  6. Now, to mash it. You can mash it like you do with mashed potatoes (using a fork or a special mashing tool), or you can use a blender/food processor for a smoother texture.

Guacamole

Ingredients:

  • 1 large avocado or 2 small avocados
  • 1/4 red onion
  • Juice from 1/2 limes
  • Some cilantro
  • Some jalapenos (optional but good for the kick and the taste!)

Directions:

  1. Chop everything up: including the avocados. You'll want it to be easy to mash so more chunks is easier to mash.
  2. Carefully mash the avocados. Look out for the chunks as they like to move around once the guacamole is smoother.
  3. Add all the other ingredients and mix them together.

Pico de Gallo

Ingredients:

  • 3 roma tomatoes
  • 1/4 onion
  • 1 jalapeno
  • Some cilantro
  • Some lime juice

Directions:

  1. Chop and mix! This is easy.
For the guacamole and pico de gallo in particular, the instructions are pretty vague. That's because an essential part of cooking is being good at understanding what suits your tastes and improvising to that! So, if you're a spice lover, you can totally load up your guac with habaneros, or if you hate sour, you can omit the lime juice. You can also adjust the ratios of some of the ingredients, like the onions. There's many ways to make these types of things, so this is just what we do at Chez Chefpo!

-Chefpo

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