Reviewed: May 27, 2012

Just made this up and it tasted delicious!! If you add the extra ingredients from www.MomsFreeGroceries.net it will give it extra flavor and make it taste 200% better!! Definentely have to add this to my weekly cook book

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CELESTINEFORTNE

Reviewed: May 27, 2012

Five stars even for an excellent go-to recipe, even though I reduce the salt to about 1 tsp, and the pepper to 1/2 tsp. (the original amount was too strong for us) then I may add extra to taste. Also the addition of at least a half-tsp. chili powder and, sometimes, a bit of bacon grease for a more authentic flavor.

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joy-of-jesus-smileymom

Home Town: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: May 27, 2012

EXCELLENT!! I make this all the time! Everyone loves it and it is so easy to make! You do have to start it early in the morning in order for it to be ready for dinner but it is so easy. Even my very picky 7 year old loves this in bean, cheese and rice burritos. My daughter is very sensitive to spicy but the jalapeno is not spicy at all when the beans are in a burrito. I buy my pinto beans in 1 pound bags so I use 1 pound of pinto beans and 8 cups of chicken broth instead of the 9 cups water. I don't add salt until the end and do it to taste, not the 5 tsp.

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bctabby

Reviewed: May 26, 2012

These were so good! Really easy to put together and cooked perfectly in 8 hours. I made exactly as the recipe stated, but, I used 5 cups low sodium chicken broth and 4 cups water. Much fresher tasting than what you get out of a can.

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sidman, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: High Point, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: May 25, 2012

Absolutly love it! Simple, Easy and Fantastic!

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Trisha

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: May 24, 2012

Used chicken broth instead of water as suggested in other reviews

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Deborah J

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Tustin, California, USA

Living In: Denver, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: May 21, 2012

Tried this recipe this last weekend and all I can say is WOW! It is great. I used unsalted Kitchen Basics Chicken Stock (5 cups) along with 4 cups of water. I used a large seeded jalapeno chopped half of it and left one half whole to be taken out with the large pieces of onion at the end. I used one tablespoon (= 3 teaspoons) of Kosher salt and that was fine. I think the type of salt used (Kosher versus table salt) will make a huge difference in the saltiness factor and five teaspoons may be just fine; three was a bit light but nobody felt the need to add more either. I also added about 3 tablespoons of ketchup to add a bit of tomato to the flavor. Next time I will use one jar/tub of salsa in place of 1 or 2 cups of water to add flavor and get that bit of tomato flavor I wanted. I also think that I will chop the onion next time to be able to leave it in. The large onion pieces quite possibly would work fine with vigorous smashing at the end but chopped onion wouldn't require that.

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Mama_C

Reviewed: May 20, 2012

Loved the recipe and would have given it 5 stars but I made it with some changes. First, I only used 1t salt, 1 1/2 cups pinto beans and 1 1/2 cups black beans. Finally, I put it on low for 8 hours.

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Nibs1

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Torrington, Connecticut, USA

Living In: Meriden, Connecticut, USA

Reviewed: May 20, 2012

FABULOUS recipe! will never buy canned refried beans again! Super easy, just toss in crock pot and walk away then come back 8 hrs later and hit with a hand mixer = DONE. Tastes just as good, if not better, than anything I have ever had out of a can or in a restaurant. its vegetarian (bonus!). I used a whole seeded jalapeno and I didn't find it to be spicy at all. My 2 year old was gobbling them up! I also cut the salt down to 3 tsp and next time I will only use 2 as less salty suits my tastes better. makes the equivalent of about 2 large cans so i used half and froze the other half. Love that this recipe doesn't use (or need) lard for texture/flavor and you can control the salt & spices PLUS you don't have to worry about BPA lines cans! LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!

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jolley900

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dayton, Ohio, USA

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: May 17, 2012

So incredibly easy and healthy, I'll probably never buy a can again. I used chicken broth instead of the water/salt mixture others said was too salty, and it gave it nice flavor. Fine without jalapeno for kids that don't like spice.

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