Best Tortillas In Black Bean Sauce Recipes

CHICKEN, BLACK BEAN, AND TORTILLA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a big skillet, warm the oil over medium heat; add in onion, green pepper, and garlic; saute about 5 minutes, until vegetables are soft.
• Add in tomatoes, salsa, cumin, salt, pepper, and oregano; stir to mix.
• Stir in beans and chicken.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In a lightly oiled 4-quart casserole spread 1/3 of the bean-chicken mixture over the bottom.
• Top with 4 tortillas and sprinkle with 1 cup cheese.
• Add another 1/3 of the bean-chicken mixture and 1 cup cheese.
• Top with 4 tortillas and 1 cup cheese.
• Add remaining bean-chicken mixture; cover and bake about 40 minutes, until bubbly.
• Uncover and sprinkle with remaining cheese; cook 10 minutes; let stand 5 minutes before serving.

BLACK BEAN AND TORTILLA BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350* F.
• Spray a large skillet with cooking spray.
• Add garlic, onions, tomato, green onion, cumin, and chili powder.
• Cook on medium heat until onion is tender.
• Add tomato sauce and cook 5 minutes more.
• Stir in beans, cilantro, salt and pepper.
• Spray a 9 inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Layer 4 tortillas, 1/3 cheese, and 1/3 of the bean mixture; repeat 2 more times.
• Top with reserved 2 tablespoons of cheese.
• Bake 20 minutes, covered, then 10 minutes uncovered or until bubbly.

TORTILLAS IN BLACK-BEAN PURéE

Steps:

• Quick-soak beans:
• Put beans in a 4-quart pot and cover with water by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and boil 1 minute, then remove from heat and let beans and water stand in pot, covered, 1 hour. Drain, discarding water.
• Cook beans:
• Return drained beans to pot and add 7 cups water. Add onion, garlic, and salt and bring to a boil, skimming froth. Reduce heat and simmer beans, partially covered, until tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Do not drain.
• Make enfrijoladas:
• Purée 2 cups beans with 2 cups bean broth, including some of onion and garlic if desired, in a blender until smooth (use caution if puréeing while hot); reserve remaining beans in broth for another use.
• Heat a dry 10-inch heavy skillet (not nonstick) over moderate heat until hot, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Toast chile and avocado leaf, turning with tongs, until fragrant, about 10 seconds total. Open chile (wear protective gloves), then discard stem and seed cluster. Grind chile in grinder with avocado leaf to a powder.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Add bean purée and ground chile mixture and simmer, stirring frequently, until thickened but still liquid, 5 to 10 minutes, then reduce heat to very low.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 1/2 cups oil in cleaned 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking.
• Have ready a heated serving platter. Add 1 tortilla to hot oil and soft-fry, turning over once with tongs, until puffed slightly but not crisp, about 10 seconds total, then lift out with tongs, letting excess oil drip back into skillet. Transfer tortilla to bean purée, submerging tortilla in purée, and spooning purée over it if necessary to completely coat top. Fold tortilla in half, using a metal spatula, and transfer to one end of warm platter.
• Fry and coat remaining tortillas, 1 at a time, in same manner, overlapping them on platter. Drizzle crema over tortillas and sprinkle with cheese, then serve enfrijoladas immediately.
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