The Doctor's Kitchen: black bean tacos recipe
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Serves 2
Ingredients
*2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing
*4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 red onion, diced
*1 dried ancho chilli, soaked in 100ml hot water for 10 minutes, then deseeded
*2 tbsp tomato paste
*400g tin black beans, drained and rinsed
*2 ripe nectarines, stoned and cut into thick wedges
*1 sweetcorn cob
*4 corn tortillas
*1 ripe avocado, stoned, peeled and diced
*handful of coriander, chopped
*½ lime
*sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
1. Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat, add the garlic and red onion and sauté for a few minutes until softened.
2. Put the ancho chilli and its soaking water in a blender with the tomato paste and blitz until smooth.
3. Add the black beans to the onion and garlic with the blended chilli and tomato paste and simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, brush the nectarine wedges and sweetcorn cob with oil, place on a hot griddle pan, turning frequently, until lightly charredall over. The nectarines only need 2–3 minutes. Grill the sweetcorn cobs for a further 2–3 minutes until tender.
5. Slice the kernels off the grilled corn cob. Build your tacos with the grilled corn (or tinned corn) and nectarine, avocado and black beans, garnish with the coriander and a squeeze of lime.
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