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Spicy Black Beans & Chorizo with Eggs

It was Mexican breakfast for dinner tonight. I wasn’t eggzactly (couldn’t resist) sure what to call this, but it was delicious. Corn tortillas topped with fresh baby spinach, scrambled eggs and spicy black beans with chorizo. A big dollop of chipotle cream and a squeeze of fresh lime, really good. It would be great for breakfast or dinner. I had mine with an ice-cold Corona. Perfect for a rainy summer night.

INGREDIENTS – SPICY BLACK BEANS

• 3 links fresh chorizo (out of the casing)
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 fresh jalapeño, chopped – seeds removed
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 – 15oz cans black beans, drained and rinsed well
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• Kosher salt & pepper

Heat a sauté pan with a little olive oil and sauté the chorizo until browned and cooked through – breaking it up with the back of a spoon as it cooks. Remove from the pan. Add chopped onion, jalapeño and green pepper and sauté until it begins to soften – add garlic and cook until just fragrant, 1 minute or so. Add black beans, cumin and chicken stock. Stir to combine and be sure to scrape up any bits on the bottom of the pan. Add back in the chorizo and season with salt & pepper to taste. Cover and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Before serving, add in chopped cilantro and re-season with more salt & pepper if needed. If it begins to thicken too quickly just add more chicken stock and stir.

INGREDIENTS – CHIPOTLE CREAM

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 chipotle pepper from can of chipotle in adobo sauce, chopped
• 1 tbsp of the adobo sauce from can
• 1 tbsp fresh squeezed lime juice

Combine all the ingredients in bowl. Depending on how spicy you like it you can increase or decrease the amount of adobo sauce. It’s pretty spicy. The fresh lime definitely cuts the heat. Start with a little adobo, you can always keep adding more. This will keep in the refrigerator for a few days.

ADDITIONAL SIDES

• Fresh baby spinach leaves
• Fresh lime wedges
• Scrambled Eggs
• Corn tortillas, warmed

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Layer fresh spinach and eggs on top of warm tortilla and top with the beans. Add a spoonful of the chipotle cream and a squeeze of fresh lime to top it off. I guess it’s kind of like a soft taco. Very yummy!

Enjoy!!!

Posted on July 29, 2011 at 9:14 PM in Breakfast, EAT   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL