Charred Corn and Black Bean Salad
Charred Corn and Black Bean Salad
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 ears of corn
- can of black beans (washed)
- lime
- protein of choice (I used turkey sausage)
- cotija cheese
- cilantro
- sour cream
- tortilla chips/crisps
- taco seasoning
- salt
- avocado
Method
- Start by husking the corn and placing in microwave for 3m 30 seconds, BBQ the corn after it has come out of the microwave until the kernels start to get a nice char on them
- Drain the black beans and wash in a colander, place into a large mixing bowl
- Dice the avocado and place into same mixing bowl as black beans
- Cook the desired protein of your choice using taco seasoning, once cool place into the same mixing bowl
- Crumble the cojita cheese into the bowl with the rest of the ingredients
- Zest a lime into the ingredients and then cut the same lime in half and juice into the mixture
- Cut up cilantro if it doesn't taste like soap to you and mix into the bowl.
- Take 2 T of sour cream and mix thoroughly until it gets a little runny, add in some chipotle hot sauce and salt.
- Mix the rest of the ingredients thoroughly and plate
- Use the sour cream chipotle mixture as dressing
- Crumble tortilla chips or crisps onto the top of salad
- Devour