Pressure Canning Refried Beans

Ok so last post I showed you how to pressure can whole beans, this week we are going to take it one step farther and make refried beans! Making and canning your own refried beans ends up costing you around $0.25 per jar rather than the $1.34 that they are at my local grocery store. Amazing savings by taking just a little time and doing it yourself, and they taste so good.

Ingredients needed
1/2 onion, chopped small
 3 cups dry pinto beans, rinsed
 1/2 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
 2 tablespoons minced garlic
 2-3 tbls tomato sauce
 2 teaspoons salt
 2 teaspoons black pepper
 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tsp chili powder

Directions
1) Wash your bean. Sometimes beans have small rocks in them so I sort them in a colander or strainer, this is a good time to give them a good rinse while your at it.
2) Clean and sterilize your cans and lids.
3) For preparing your beans you have 2 options.           
           1) Place dry beans or peas in a large pot and cover with water. Soak 12 to 18 hours in a cool place. Then drain. OR you can
           2) Cover beans with boiling water in a saucepan. Boil 2 minutes, remove from heat and soak 1 hour. Then drain.
**Then cover beans soaked by either method with fresh water and boil 30 minutes.**
4) Fill your jars with the presoaked beans (and water) leaving about an 1-1 1/2 inches from the top. 
5) Mix everything (except the beans) in a small dish. Then distribute it a little at a time to all your jars.
6) Fill the rest of the jar with water leaving about 3/4 inch of head space. Wipe the top of your jar with a clean cloth and place the lid & ring on the jars.
7) Process at 10 pounds pressure - Pints 80 minutes and Quarts 95 minutes. (For processing above 1,000 feet altitude adjust your times as necessary). Allow the canner to cool naturally.  

Spices are added & the jars are getting ready to go into the canner

Once you are ready to open them and use them, pour them out and using a potato masher, mash them up real quick. they can be used making burritos, as the base for different dips. I like them right out of the jar (not mashed up) on my taco salad. Enjoy :)