• an_engel_on_earth [he/him, they/them]
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      25 days ago

      Okay so I fry on medium heat (I have a gas stove with nine settings, I set it at a four) half an onion bulb, diced with some tomato paste to create a flavor base. Let it fry for 10 mins, get a little browning going. For this one I added five cans of kidney beans at once. Let it fry for 5 mins, add some aquafaba from the cans, keep it frying for another 5 mins at medium, then like 10 mins at low (2 in my case). Then you keep going for another 10 mins and also start mashing, adding liquid if needed, I used a potato masher. I had rice cooking in the rice cooker at the same time and I wanted them both to be done at the same time so I may have overcooked the beans a little but they still came out rly good. For the rice I just cooked as you cook it in a rice cooker but just added some tomato paste for the color. And that's pretty much it!

      • roux [he/him, they/them]
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        25 days ago

        Never considered using the aquafaba to make refried beans. That's smart. Did you add any seasonings or just riding on the tomato?

        • an_engel_on_earth [he/him, they/them]
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          25 days ago

          Oh yes for the seasoning I used kind of an all-purpose seasoning salt, it's got dried carrot, spinach, parsnip, parsley. Don't know where you live but it's not fancy at all, I'm sure you can get a similar analog at your local grocery.

          Yep tho the aquafaba is not my original idea, I got it off a website can't remember which lol.

          • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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            25 days ago

            Nice, so your spice mix was effectively a powdered mirepoix/stock. Love it.

          • roux [he/him, they/them]
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            25 days ago

            Gotcha. I might be making this and I think I wanna try season salt, cumin and chili powder. That's just what popped into my head though so wanted to ask.

        • quarrk [he/him]
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          25 days ago

          I would guess the benefit is a more starchy dish. Like when cooking pasta and you reserve some of the water from the boil, then add it back later to make the sauce stick better.

          • roux [he/him, they/them]
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            25 days ago

            This makes sense. I was thinking it was just being used as a fat substitute maybe.