Tortillas With Refried Beans and Bacon

Name: Tortillas With Refried Beans and Bacon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 5 min
Yield: 8 , 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups pinto beans; 6 cups water; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 pint tomato juice; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 lb bacon; shredded cheese (for topping)

Submitted by weekend cooker

"A different twist to regular tacos."

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photo by Lavender Lynn

Ready In:: 5hrs 5mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 8

ingredients

2 cups pinto beans
6 cups water
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 pint tomato juice
³⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ lb bacon
shredded cheese (for topping)

directions

Combine beans, water, garlic, tomato juice, and salt in a slow cooker.
Cover, cook on high for 5 hours, stirring occasionally.
When beans become soft, drain off some liquid.
While the beans cook,brown bacon in a skillet, drain, and reserve drippings.
Crumble bacon, and add 1/2 of the bacon and 3 tablespoons of the bacon drippings to beans and stir.
When done,Take bean mixture out and place in a bowl, and mash them.
Then fry the mashed bean mixture in the remaining bacon drippings, add more salt to taste if needed.
To serve, sprinkle the remaining bacon and shredded cheese on top of beans.

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Reviews

The only place that mentions tortillas is the title! But if you spread this on a tortilla and added cheese and toppings, you'd have a great tostada. We served it two ways: as a dip by itself and as an ingredient in a layered bean dip we like to make. It was great both ways. Made for PRMR.

Lavender Lynn

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weekend cooker

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Hello everyone, My name is Doug and I am the host of I recommend tag.I am in my early 40's, I am married, with two children. Michael 14, and katherine 10 . I started to learn to cook, after I got married, when my wife started working nights, and I couldn't get around because I had my entire left leg rebuilt. I just completed remodeling my entire house, and am very active at volunteering at my childrens schools. Rating System 5 stars- Outstanding (4 out 4 ) in family enjoyed. 4 stars - Very good (3 out of 4) in family enjoyed. Will make no adjustments. 3 stars - good, might consider an adjustment 2 stars- Okay- will make adjustment 1 star- debatable I will make again, would with right adjustment 0 stars - Will not attempt again.

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