What Frijoles refritos means
Frijoles refritos is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "well-fried beans". It is built from Spanish frijoles (beans) and refritos (thoroughly fried). It is pronounced free-HOH-les reh-FREE-tos, and it is most associated with the whole country.
False friend: the re- here is an intensifier meaning thoroughly, not again. Refried is a mistranslation that stuck in English.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.
