Black Bean Taco Salad for Steemy Summer Days

nimblebodhi (46)in #recipes • 8 years ago (edited)

Hey Steemit, I thought I'd just share one of my favorite go-to meals perfect for those living on a budget - the black bean taco salad. This a a great dish which I modified from a recipe on the Budget Bytes blog, which is also very delicious, but my version is a tad more simplified and cheaper because it uses all black beans instead of ground beef. It is also quick to make and I can typically get 3-4 meals out of it, and it still tastes great cold too which means storing the leftovers in the fridge and pulling out a bowl full whenever you're too lazy to whip something up on these hot summer days.

Anyways, lets get to it.

Ingrediants

1 Tbsp olive oil or vegetable oil
2 15oz cans black beans
1 packet taco seasoning
1-2 cups frozen whole kernel sweet corn
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
Tortilla chips
1/2 head of shredded lettuce
1 diced tomato
sour cream

Add the olive oil or vegetable oil to a large skillet. Strain the black beans but don't rinse and add to skillet. Then add in the taco seasoning with about 1/4 cup water and heat on medium to a simmer while mixing everything up really good.

Add in the frozen corn and mix it in. I put in 2 cups just because I wanted to finish up my bag of frozen corn but at least 1 cup ought to do it. This recipe is super flexible so don't sweat it if you add more or less of anything.

Sprinkle approximately 1 cup of shredded cheese on top of the mixture while keeping the heat on low. Use whatever you tend to like on tacos; I bought the generic taco cheese mix because that made sense considering I was making a taco salad. There's no need to mix anything from here on out, it's basically just a layering operation.

Open up a bag of tostito style chips, grab a handful and crumble them over the top of the skillet until you get a layer of chips covering everything.

Shred about a half head of lettuce and layer on top of the chips. Then dice a medium sized tomato and spread that on top.

Take a second to admire your creation. You can probably turn the heat off by now too as the cheese underneath should be melted between the bean layer and the chips layer.