OK, I'll give. lol
I soak two bags of pinto beans in water over night. The next morning I drain that water and add fresh water, I place a whole peeled onion in the pot, a jalapeno pepper with the stem removed (whole), A whole head of peeled garlic, and a package of pork neck bones. Make sure all the ingredients are covered with enough water because it cooks down. Bring it all to a full boil and then reduce heat to a simmer and just let it cook all day until the beans are soft.
After the beans are cooked, remove the onion, jalapeno, and neck bones, leave the garlic in.
Heat up a cast iron skillet with a dollop of lard...yep..lard. lol Add three or four ladles full of beans and some of the water they cooked in. Mash with a potato masher as you cook them on a med/high heat, I always add some of the garlic cloves from the pot, some garlic powder and salt. After they are smashed up, add grated cheese, about two cups. Pour this into a bowl and then start over. You don't want to fry too many at a time, so you will have to do the mashing part three times at least unless you do less beans.
These are the best re fried beans. Once they are done, we top them off with more grated cheese and all the other goodies, like green onions, sour cream, salsa...ect.
They are very easy and so much better then the canned kind.
Pinto beans can be bought in bulk and cost next to nothing. Pork Neck bones are very inexpensive. I think the whole huge pot of beans cost me around $5.00 to make and we have enough left overs for another dinner this week.
