# Tamales de Frijoles

A recipe for making tamales filled with refried pinto beans and a red chili sauce.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 53 oz can Bush's pinto beans
- 0.5 cup Manteca
- oil
- 1 onion sliced
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 tablespoon peppercorns
- 10 guajillo peppers, stems and seeds removed
- 2 chiles anchos, stems and seeds removed
- 3 chiles de árbol, stems and seeds removed
- 2 chiles chipotles, stems and seeds removed
- 2 cups chicken stock

## Instructions

1. Add the 53 oz can of Bush's pinto beans to your pan and blend them up a little bit.
2. Add half a cup of manteca to the beans.
3. Refry the beans low and slow.
4. In a separate pan with a little bit of oil, sauté one sliced onion, five cloves of garlic, one teaspoon of cumin seeds, and one tablespoon of peppercorns.
5. Cook the sautéed mixture for three or four minutes.
6. Add 10 guajillo peppers, two chiles anchos, three chiles de árbol, and two chiles chipotles (with stems and seeds removed from all of them).
7. Add two cups of chicken stock and rehydrate the peppers.
8. Add the pepper mixture to your blender and blend until smooth.
9. Add half a cup of the blended pepper mixture to your beans.
10. Save the rest of the blended pepper mixture to make your masa.

## Equipment

- pan
- blender

## Tips

- The beans will balance out the spiciness of the salsa roja.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNof21FJmpS/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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- Extracted: 2026-01-25

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