Black Bean Bonus Meals

The Latin kitchen is known not only for the delicious dishes that originate within, but the resulting quantity of food that is presented and consumed. Enter black beans, a Latin staple made in big steaming pots that could usually feed a crowd. Leftovers are the norm, and for those black bean overloads, we offer two options.

First, you can continue eating your black beans through the rest of the week with simple accompaniments, such as fluffy brown rice. Boring, we think.  Second, the preferred alternative, involves utilizing recipes that will turn leftover black beans into new and exciting dishes. The Latin Kitchen offers four options for jazzing up your black beans that covers soups, sandwiches, and of course, dessert!

Piri Piri Turtle Soup is a spicy black bean soup you can put together in a snap. Smooth, creamy, and spicy, it’s not for the faint of heart. Lean Green Black-Bean Burgers combines ricotta, spinach, black beans and habanero jack cheese for a flavor profile that hits a new level. Top them off with a little habanero hot sauce, a thick slice of tomato, a thinly sliced onion and you are in serious black bean business. Want more black bean burgers? We think our Piri Piri Black-Bean Burgers (topped with plantains and kicked up a notch with piri piri peppers) can go head-to-head with any beef variety…any day.  And for dessert? Triple Chocolate Black-Bean Brownie Truffles have got your sweet tooth covered. 

Say it loud and say it proud: no bean left behind!

Piri Piri Turtle Soup

• 8 ounces dry turtle beans/ black beans
• 10-15 dried piri piri chiles or one finely diced serrano peppers
• vegetable bouillon cube, such as Knorr
• sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 5 cups water

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Lean Green Black-Bean Burgers

• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup packed spinach
• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• 2 cups cooked black beans
• 1/2 serrano chile
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons habanero hot sauce
• 2/3 cup habanero jack cheese

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Piri Piri Black-Bean Burgers with Plantains

• 3 cups cooked black beans
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs
• 4 piri piri dried chiles or 1 whole jalapeño
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

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Triple Chocolate Black-Bean Brownie Truffles

• butter, for pan
• 3/4 cup cooked black beans
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate
• 1 ounce 70% chocolate
• 3/4 cup whole-wheat cake flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon cocoa
• 1/2 tablespoon chile powder

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