| US 7,413,762 B1 | ||
| Process of making refried beans containing an oil substitute and product thereof | ||
| Henry J. Camin, Pocatello, Id. (US); Dennis Salvatore Greco, Custer, Wis. (US); and Peter Dennis Jensen, Blackfoot, Id. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Basic American, Inc., San Francisco, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 14, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/967,111. | ||
| Int. Cl. A23L 1/20 (2006.01); A23L 1/201 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 426—634 [426/516; 426/519; 426/602; 426/603] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A method for making a product suitable for use as dehydrated refried beans comprising the steps of:
(a) homogenizing comminuted cooked beans in an aqueous liquid suspension to form a homogenate of said beans,
(b) mixing an edible oil with said comminuted beans, before or after homogenization of said beans, to form a flowable stable
dispersion of said comminuted beans dispersed in a mixture of oil and water to make a bean-based oil substitute,
(c) mixing said oil substitute with cooked beans,
(d) forming said mixture into desired shapes, and
(e) drying said desired shapes into a product suitable for use as dehydrated refried beans.
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