Are the Mexican lying in my town?!
Is Lard really necessary for beans?
Answers: I love Veggie Wet Burritos. I always asked them what they put in their beans. They always say "Vegetable Oil". But with every Mexican restaurant I've been too, they put Lard in the beans.
Is Lard really necessary for beans?
To answer your question: Lard is common, but not necessary, for refried beans. Some restaurants have switched from lard to oil to appease their vegan/vegetarian customers, but this is the exception to the rule. If you want, try to catch them off-guard by saying 'Los frijoles llevan manteca, si?" [Los free-HO-les YE-van mahn-TEH-ka, SEE?] If they say 'No' then they don't have lard in them. If they say 'Si' then they do. This is assuming you haven't spoken in spanish to them before (if you do speak spanish and have already spoken with them, I apologize for assuming.)
It's not necessary, but when was the last time you opened a can of pork and beans and didn't find that gross bit of white pork fat (lard) in the top of the can?
Its not necessary, but it's good. I prefer to just put chopped bacon in it..
Lard, shortening, bacon. Beans need fat to cook properly when baked in the oven. They can be boiled if you just want to eat them as a side dish.
well it depends in what beans,
Lard is good,
It's necessary if you want very flavorful beans. Vegetable oil adds no flavor to foods, which is why it's used for frying.
I use corn oil whenever I fry beans. Another neat trick I do is when I'm boiling my pinto beans (which I boil a huge pot every Saturday), towards the last 30 minutes of the beans completely cooking, I add salt and one whole onion, peeled, but I leave one end uncut..this way, the onion doesn't fall apart in the pot.
Then, when I fry some of the beans, I add chopped Serrano peppers (which are smaller than the Jalape?o peppers), finely chopped onion (as much as you want...it's your call), and some chopped tomato. It makes the beans so much tastier and when the beans are fried all the way through, I mash them with my potato masher and LISTO! (voila).
You will always take a risk when eating out whether Mexican, Asian, Italian or other type of restaurant. You have to decide if you believe them or not. A lot of places make beans now without lard because people don't like the saturated fat. You are better off going with franchises that post that type of info on their site or menu. Chipotle, taco bell and Rubios is some that don't use lard.
sorry to say but yes! i am sure some traditional american dishes also call for it...as i know some italian ones do.it is just that now we prefer healthier food but i am sure my grandma would have never substitutd lard for anyother thing!!!
Why would they lie..??
That is BAD business..
Remember Mc Donald's were sued and required to use vegetable oils... never have been the same..
you ask the management not the staff
Is lard necessary?? you already said they use oil..!!!
You do know mexican IS NOT Kosher as typical goes..
Lying is a bit harsh. No Hispanic is worth their beans if they lie about it...Let me say this, Beans are made different by each Hispanic person. I myself use the grease from the bacon. I know some that use canola oil in theirs. This one lady used olive oil????I did not bother to taste those beans.
Either way the original way started with lard and then came the experiments with different things to use.
To get that taste we like, evidently so.