Smoky Black Bean Tacos with Kale
I always love a taco...what are your favourites? The Aji Verde Sauce is also a new favourite in this house and super super simple to make.
Aji verde sauce is served in various ways around the world, often as a condiment or dipping sauce. In South America, it accompanies dishes like ceviche, grilled meats, and empanadas. In international cuisines, it adds flavor to dishes such as sushi rolls, tacos, and sandwiches. It's also used as a marinade or topping for grilled seafood and vegetables, offering a spicy and tangy kick to diverse culinary creations. We are hooked. It is so yummy especially when you use your own homemade Pepper Jack Cheese which we are also hooked on! You can use a regular peppery cheese of course, but why would you?
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Need
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The Filling
- 1 Batch Aji Verde Sauce Recipe
- 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
- 1 Bunch kale, destalked
- 400 Grams tinned black beans
- 250 Grams Smoky Tomato Salsa or other enchilada style sauce Recipe
- 1 Teaspoon chipotle chilli in adobo sauce
- pink salt flakes to taste BUY
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The Tacos
- 1 corn on the cob
- 1 Punnet cherry tomatoes quartered
- 100 Grams Pepper Jack Cheese broken into pieces Recipe
- fresh coriander or cilantro leaves for garnish
- 8-10 Tortillas Recipe
Do
- 1
Make the Aji Verde Sauce and set aside.
- 2
Heat the EVOO in a cast iron pan on a medium high heat.
- 3
Place the kale leaves into the Thermomix bowl (you will need to repeat the process, only chop one bowlful at a time) and chop 3 sec/speed 5. Scrape out directly into the hot pan and repeat with the remaining kale as often as you need to. Overcrowding the Thermomix bowl will result in juice at the bottom and zero 'cuttage' at the top!
- 4
Saute all the kale until it shrinks and is soft, around 4 minutes. Add drained beans, salsa and chipotle in adobo. Season with salt and pepper and keep cooking until everything has taken on the roasty smoky flavour of the chipotles.
- 5
Chargrill the corn cob over an open flame until popping and well, charred! Cool and slice kernels from the cob and add to cherry tomatoes.
- 6
Assemble the tacos by warming the flour tortillas (I also do this over an open flame but you can use a hot pan or microwave if you wish to play it safe!)
- 7
Fill each taco with the kale and bean mixture, add the corn and tomatoes, a good dollop of Aji Verde sauce and some crumbled Pepper Jack cheese. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve warm.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
