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Ingredients

  • 1 small onion
  • 1 chipotle chile (either canned in adobo or dried)
  • two 15- to 16-ounce cans black beans
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 3/4 cup fresh orange juice

Method

  • Mince onion.
  • If using dried chipotle, in a bowl soak in boiling-hot water to cover 5 minutes and drain.
  • Wearing protective gloves, mince soaked or canned chipotle.
  • In a colander rinse black beans well and drain.
  • In a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan cook onion in oil over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened.
  • Add chipotle and cook, stirring, 2 minutes.
  • Add beans, 1 cup water, and orange juice and simmer, mashing mixture 3 or 4 times with a potato masher, until slightly thickened, about 15 minutes.
  • Season beans with salt.