Black Bean

* Exported from MasterCook *

Black Bean Salad with Peppers, Corn, Grilled Chicken

Recipe By : Hanneman, adapted from several
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :4:10
Categories : Salad Fab Fiber

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 cups black beans, or turtle beans -- cooked
14 ounces stewed tomatoes, Mexican Style -- drained and strained
10 ounces whole kernel corn, frozen -- or 8 ounces canned
1/2 cup red onion -- diced
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper -- or less
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro -- chopped
1 teaspoon garlic -- crushed
1 teaspoon ground cumin
salt
2 tablespoons salad oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 chicken breast, grilled, cut into strips
Optionals --
2 tablespoons mild mixed green pepper -- canned
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
freshly ground black pepper
oregano

Pantry notes --
Select small oval black beans. Drain canned beans in a sieve and rinse
thoroughly under cold water.
Try canned stewed tomatoes with Jalapeno peppers, chili powder, cumin, and
pepper (Del Monte has one; S&W). Drain, reserve the liquid; chop the
tomatoes (thumbnail size). Avoid seeds and watery pulp.
Select a light salad oil: olive, safflower, corn, canola, blend, etc.

- Combine ingredients before 'optionals.' Taste and add salt and pepper, a
few more chilis, cinnamon, and/or oregano. If too dry, add some tomato
liquid. Store in the refrigerator until well chilled, at least 4 hours.

Serve as a salad on shredded iceburg or mixed leaf lettuce. Greatest as a
filling for a QUESADILLA with a little shredded monterey jack cheese! (Heat
skillet to medium high; spray one side of a flour torilla with vegetable
oil; place oiled side down in the skillet; spoon on some filling. Top with
cheese. Cover with another torilla. After about 2 minutes, spray the top
torilla and turn it; brown about 1 minute. Serve with sauce casera.)

This idea's popular! Continue to tweak the seasonings and proportions.
Feniger and Milliken (Two Hot Tamales) have a similar idea on page 158 of
their City Cuinsine book (1989). Del Monte ad (1989) suggests similar
spices to make a salsa from their canned tomatoes. Recently (May 1996)
Lucky supermarkets introduced a chicken salad from their deli that resembles
this. - May 13, 96


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Direct questions to 'PatH' phannema@wizard.ucr.edu