Name: Refried Beans with Bacon and Pasilla Chile
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon lard; 10 slices bacon, finely chopped; 4 pasilla chiles, seeded and deveined; 1/2 cups white onion, finely chopped; 2 cups pinto beans, from the pot with little broth; 1 avocado leaves; 1 pinch salt; 1/2 cups Oaxaca cheese; 1/4 cups Cotija cheese, grated, for garnish; fresh cilantro, for garnish; tortilla chips, for serving; pasilla chile, in rings, fried for garnish; 120 grams skirt steak

Preparation

10 mins

30 mins

Low

Heat a skillet over medium heat with the lard, cook the bacon until it releases all the fat and is completely fried, fry the pasilla chile over low heat until the fat in the skillet takes on a reddish color, remove most of the chiles and set aside. Fry the onion and add the beans with all the liquid, add the avocado leaf and cook until it comes to a boil, season to your liking, mash until it forms a paste and the liquid reduces by half.