Pre-cooked, Dehydrated Beans: Reconstituted
Here's a cool experiment I've done, that turned out really well: During the colder parts of this last spring, I had made a pot of unseasoned pinto beans. I drained, rinsed and dehydrated them. They've lasted all summer, without vacuumed sealing. Yesterday we were having burritos and I had no refried beans so, I thought to use them at the last minute. I simmered them at a 1:1 ratio, stirring and mashing a bit as they cooked. I added about 3 tbsp. bacon grease and just cooked it slowly until it looked like warmed refried beans, which took all of about 20 minutes. They were really good and 3 cups of the dried cooked beans with the 3 cups water ended up the equivalent of about 2 15-oz. cans. I am definitely drying my cooked leftover beans from now on!
