Refried White Beans With Chile-Fried Eggs

This was absolutely delicious. The drops of vinegar absolutely make it, even if they’re somewhat tricky to apply if you don’t have an eye dropper handy. My only caveat is that the egg to bean ratio feels a little off. The richness of the yolk doesn’t go quite far enough, so if you’re hungry, a second egg per person is warranted.

Delicious as written. Our household also enjoys a more complete meal by meting a small tin of anchovies with the onions and dumping a tub of baby spinach into the beans just after mashing them. Any leftover beans make a good layer of flavor in tacos and burritos.

If you're missing an eye-dropper I find using a straw to be useful: Dip the straw into whatever liquid you need a drop of, put your finger over the top of the straw and extract. You will have an amount of liquid which can then be deposited by removing your finger from the top of the straw,

Quick tip on frying eggs: to avoid splatter and the danger of eggshell in my fried eggs, I never crack eggs directly into a skillet of hot oil. I crack the egg into a small bowl (I have several small -- about 1/2 c. -- metal bowls that I use in cooking prep a lot to separate ingredients that need to be added at different times), and after checking it, gently slide the egg into the oil

It appears you are only reading the head note. The recipe has all the details.

Nice simple lunch . I used my immersion blender to get the purée of beans&onions. I really like onions so I mixed the yellow and sweet. Rice vinegar added slight tart flavor. I served eggs over w toasted bagel.

Baby spinach in any recipe associated with beans or grains is always a great thing!

I am trying this tomorrow, but with dried beans that I cook and freeze in Mason jars[Instant pot has saved me a lot of smoke in the house and pot scrubbing!] The difference between these beans and canned ones is about the same as the diff between fresh-squeezed orange juice and the canned or plastic jug version. Also, no red pepper flakes of indeterminate lineage. A few dashes of salsa/hot sauce at the end is perfect. Cholula, Huichol, or Melinda's carrot based ones from Costa Rica.

Hmmm, how to fry an egg? Love white bean idea, urgently needs a clove or two of chopped garlic, and saute onions as long as you can handle, the darker the more flavorful! Add a little more oil to onion/garlic mix and then scoop out oil to use to fry your eggs!

On one side of the pan, I also sauteed a jalapeno for a little zest (I halved the recipe; 1 can of beans). Took the fried-egg suggestion after layering the beans over tortilla chips. I skipped the salt, figuring enough in the beans - and the chips were salted! The egg makes it a meal. I considered, but did not try it with sour cream and cheese. Salsa would be nice to splash on the egg.

After plating, hit it with some smoked paprika and a bit of chili powder for an extra kick. I used lemon juice and served this with sourdough toast. Excellent!

We made this today for lunch: delightful! We used pintos instead of white beans but the flavors were subtle and lovely. To control the amount of vinegar, I put some in a bowl and used a spoon to drizzle it lightly on the egg. Will definitely make this again.

Surprisingly flavorful! Cooked with navy beans and according to recipe except cooked onions longer until very soft and caramelizing. That made the beans super creamy. Loved it with the eggs and vinegar plus a green salad on side. Don’t add salt without tasting cuz canned beans can have a lot.

So I thought maybe the recipe here was simply "take one can of beans and fry them with their liquid (all-at-once). But the browned onions are presumably cooked first and the reference to vinegar is a bit of a surprised. I'm sure I can work something out but it does seem like a little bit more guidance might be helpful.

Sylvia, if you scroll the entire recipe is just below what you are looking at.