Chili Bean Cakes With Avocado Salsa Food

BLACK BEAN CAKES WITH CORN SALSA AND AVOCADO SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together garlic, onion, red pepper, corn, egg, chili powders, oregano, and cumin. Season with salt and pepper.
• Mash the black beans a bit and add to the bowl.
• Stir in the bread crumbs.
• Form into patties, and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes or so. It helps keep the patties together.
• Mix together all of the ingredients for the salsa while the black bean patties are chilling.
• To make the avocado sauce, put the avocado, sour cream, lime, and cumin, in the blender. Blend until smooth. It is a very thick sauce, you can thin it with more lime juice or some water.
• Heat a pan over medium heat. Pour in a few Tablespoons of olive oil and put the patties in the pan. Resist the urge to flip the cakes to soon. They will fall apart. Cook until they brown and then flip. Cook the other side.
• I put mine on a bed of spinach leaves. Top with corn salsa and avocado sauce. Serve with lime wedges.

BLACK BEAN AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• Mix black beans, corn, tomatoes, red bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, red onion, lime juice, vinegar, salt, and black pepper in a bowl; fold avocado into the mixture. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, putting it right on top of salsa; chill at least 2 hours.

CHILI BEAN-AND-BULGUR CAKES

Steps:

• Combine the bulgur with 1 1/2 cups of water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Drain off the excess water and cool the bulgur completely.
• Heat the oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tomato paste, chili powder, cumin and cayenne and whisk until the oil is yellow and the spices are fragrant, about 45 seconds. Remove from the heat and let the chili oil cool to room temperature.
• Whisk together the sour cream, lime zest and juice, a pinch of salt and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Position an oven rack at the top of the oven and preheat the broiler. Line a baking sheet with foil. Combine the beans, cooked bulgur, cheese, breadcrumbs, 1 scallion, chili oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Use a potato masher to mash and combine the mixture until it holds together when squeezed. Form into 8 uniform cakes about 3/4-inch thick.
• Arrange the cakes on the prepared baking sheet and generously coat each with cooking spray. Broil until a golden-brown crust forms, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the broiler and use a metal spatula to flip each cake. Coat the tops of the cakes with cooking spray and continue to broil until the tops are golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Spread the romaine on a platter, transfer the chili cakes to the platter, drizzle with the sour cream mixture and sprinkle with cheese and the remaining scallion.

CHILI-BEAN BAKE (COOKING FOR 2)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. In 1 1/2-quart casserole, stir together beans, tomatoes, water, salsa, ketchup and chili powder. Microwave on High 4 minutes; stir.
• In small bowl, stir remaining ingredients until blended. Drop by 6 spoonfuls onto bean mixture.
• Bake uncovered 20 to 23 minutes or until golden brown.

SOFT BEAN TACOS WITH AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan.
• Saute the onion, garlic and chilli until the onion is soft.
• Stir in chopped tomatoes, tomato paste and taco seasoning. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add refried beans and kidney beans. Simmer until heated through.
• Stir in coriander.
• Meanwhile, wrap the tortillas in foil and heat in low oven until hot (or follow microwave directions on the pack).
• Mash avocado with a fork. Fold in green onions, red bell peppers, taco sauce and lime juice.
• Fill torillas with bean mixture and avocado mixture, then eat! Yum!

BAKED BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. If desired, serve with sour cream, cheese and jalapenos.

TOMATO & AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the onion, chilli, tomatoes, lime and vinegar with some seasoning and mix well. Can be made a few hours in advance and kept in the fridge. When you're ready to eat, peel, stone and chop the avocados and add them to the salsa mix along with the coriander. Serve immediately.

CORN & GREEN BEAN CAKES WITH AVOCADO & CHILLI JAM

Steps:

• Put the sweetcorn, spring onions, beans, half of the chilli and coriander, the flour, eggs, milk and seasoning in a large bowl. Mix together, then set aside. Mix the avocado with the remaining chilli and coriander, the lime juice and some seasoning, then set aside.
• Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Spoon in 6 mounds of the corn mixture, a little spaced apart. When browned on the underside, turn over and cook for a further 1-2 mins, then transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter. Serve the cakes with the avocado salsa and chilli jam.

CHILI BEAN CAKES WITH AVOCADO SALSA

Steps:

• Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat, add the pine nuts, and cook, turning, until just browned. Place in a bowl and set aside.
• Put the drained beans into a large bowl and coarsely mash. Add the onion, tomato paste, chile, pine nuts, and half of the bread crumbs and mix well. Add half the egg and the cilantro and mash together, adding a little more egg, if needed, to bind the mixture. Form the mixture into 4 flat cakes. Coat with remaining bread crumbs, cover, and let chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• To make salsa, mix all the ingredients together in a serving bowl, cover, and let chill in the refrigerator until needed.
• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, add the bean cakes, and cook 4-5 minutes on each side, or until crisp and heated through. Remove from the skillet and drain on paper towels.
• Serve each bean cake with the salsa, garnished with a slice of lime.