Mashed Black Beans

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup water, may need up to 1 cup
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• 2 add onion and cook until golden, stirring often, about 7 minutes.
• 3 stir in garlic and cook 1 minute.
• 4 add beans and mash coarsely with a potato masher, mashing in onion and and garlic at the same time.
• 5 thin beans with enough water to give them a soft consistency that barely holds it shape in a spoon.
• 6 season with salt.
• 7 cover and keep warm until serving.