Receta · Diabetes
Charro beans with nopal
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Ingredients
- 3 cooked pinto beans (with their broth)
- 2 nopales (cactus paddles), cubed and cooked
- 3 tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 white onion, chopped
- 3 garlic, minced
- 2 serrano chiles, minced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 tbsp oil
- salt
Method
- Cook the nopales in salted water until tender; drain.
- Sauté the onion, garlic and chile in oil.
- Add the tomato and cook 5 minutes.
- Stir in the beans with their broth and the nopales; simmer 15 minutes.
- Add the cilantro, adjust salt and serve.
Ingredients
- 3 cooked pinto beans (with their broth)
- 2 nopales (cactus paddles), cubed and cooked
- 100 g bacon, chopped
- 3 tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 white onion, chopped
- 3 garlic, minced
- 2 serrano chiles, minced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- salt
Method
- Cook the nopales in salted water until tender; drain.
- Brown the bacon in a pot until it renders its fat.
- Add the onion, garlic and chile; sauté.
- Stir in the tomato, the beans with their broth and the nopales; simmer 15 minutes.
- Add the cilantro, adjust salt and serve.
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