Touchdown Black Bean Bash Recipes

Steps:

• Cook ground beef and garlic together until beef is no longer pink.
• Add beans and salsa. Reduce heat to medium and bring to a boil.
• Meanwhile mix lemon juice, oil, salt and sugar in a medium-size bowl. Stir in avocado, cilantro and basil.
• Add tomatoes to skillet and cook just until heated through. Remove from heat and stir in avocado mixture. Garnish with lemon peel and basil.
• Serve over rice.

Steps:

• Crumble beef into a large nonstick skillet. Add garlic and cook over high heat stirring often until meat is longer pink. Add beans and salsa. Reduce heat to medium and bring to a boil. Meanwhile mix lemon juice oil salt and sugar in a medium size bowl. Stir in avocado, cilantro and basil. Add tomatoes to skillet and cook just until heated through. Remove from heat and stir in avocado mixture. Garnish with lemon peel and basil.

Steps:

• In a large pot, soak beans overnight in 10 cups of water.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil, the onion, bell pepper, garlic cloves and bay leaf to beans, and bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium and simmer for 1 hour, checking regularly and skimming the foam that forms on top.
• Meanwhile, make the sofrito. Warm remaining 1/4 cup oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the half onion, 1 bell pepper and 3 garlic cloves and sauté for about 5 minutes until soft. Add 1 bay leaf, cumin, oregano, black pepper and salt, and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Add the sofrito to beans. Stir in sherry vinegar, wine and olives, and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer and cook, covered, for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring frequently, until slightly thickened and cooked through. Remove both bay leaves, and adjust salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat and add sugar. Serve as soup or a side dish, or over white rice.

Steps:

• In large bowl, whisk together oil and lime juice.
• Add cilantro, cumin, salt and pepper to taste, mixing well.
• Stir in beans, bell pepper, corn, onion, and jalapeno pepper.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• To serve, garnish with cilantro sprigs.
• Serve at room temperature.

Steps:

• Mix flour and 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper on a plate.
• Add chicken; turn to coat.
• Shake off excess.
• In a large heavy skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add chicken and cook, turning once, 15 minutes or until browned and cooked through.
• Remove to a plate; cover to keep warm.
• Add onion to skillet and saute 1 to 2 minutes until lightly browned.
• Add broth, vinegar, thyme and remaining 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper.
• Bring to a boil and cook, stirring often, 7 minutes or until onions are soft and sauce is syrupy.
• If the onion isn't soft after cooking 7 minutes, add a little more broth and continue cooking until it is.
• To serve: Place chicken on serving plates and spoon on onions and sauce.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 475 degrees. In a 10-inch ovenproof skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high. Fry the garlic until lightly golden, about 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste, paprika, red-pepper flakes and cumin (be careful of splattering), and fry for 30 seconds, reducing the heat as needed to prevent the garlic from burning.
• Add the beans, water and generous pinches of salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top then bake until the cheese has melted, 5 to 10 minutes. If the top is not as browned as you'd like, run the skillet under the broiler for 1 or 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Clean bones and skin from salmon, if necessary. In a medium bowl, combine salmon, carrot, scallions, sprouts, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic, and toss together until crumbly.
• Heat oil for deep-frying over medium to medium-high heat.
• Moisten the edges of a wonton wrapper with a few drops of water, and drop about 1 teaspoon of the salmon filling on the center. Fold the wonton wrapper diagonally to make a triangle, and press down on the edges to seal. (Fill about 15 wontons at a time, keeping the unused wrappers covered to prevent them from drying out.)
• Deep-fry in hot oil on one side; then flip over and fry on the other side until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
• Drain on brown paper bags or paper towels, and serve hot with dipping sauce.
• Dipping sauce: sweet-and-sour sauce, plum sauce, or a combination of 1 cup duck sauce, 1 to 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 teaspoon hoisin sauce, and a dash of chili oil.