Black Bean Cakes With Corn Salsa And Avocado Sauce Recipes

BLACK BEAN AVOCADO SALSA WITH CORN

Steps:

• Preheat the grill over medium-high heat.
• Rub the shucked corn with olive oil and place onto the grill and cook until nicely charred on all sides, about 5 minutes per side. Allow to cool slightly prior to removing the kernels and transferring to a large bowl.
• Add the cherry tomatoes, avocados, black beans and onions to the grilled corn kernels.
• Mix together the 2 tablespoons olive oil, agave, cumin, garlic, lime juice, serrano, cayenne, and salt and black pepper to taste in a separate bowl. Whisk together, as you would to make a vinaigrette, and pour over the corn mixture. Mix together gently so everything is coated well, and then fold in the cilantro and scallions.

BLACK BEAN CAKES WITH CORN SALSA AND AVOCADO SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix together garlic, onion, red pepper, corn, egg, chili powders, oregano, and cumin. Season with salt and pepper.
• Mash the black beans a bit and add to the bowl.
• Stir in the bread crumbs.
• Form into patties, and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes or so. It helps keep the patties together.
• Mix together all of the ingredients for the salsa while the black bean patties are chilling.
• To make the avocado sauce, put the avocado, sour cream, lime, and cumin, in the blender. Blend until smooth. It is a very thick sauce, you can thin it with more lime juice or some water.
• Heat a pan over medium heat. Pour in a few Tablespoons of olive oil and put the patties in the pan. Resist the urge to flip the cakes to soon. They will fall apart. Cook until they brown and then flip. Cook the other side.
• I put mine on a bed of spinach leaves. Top with corn salsa and avocado sauce. Serve with lime wedges.

BLACK BEAN CAKES WITH AVOCADO-CORN SALSA RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• To prepare black bean cakes, saute onion in 1 tbsp hot oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until tender. Stir in garlic. Remove from heat. Mash together taco seasoning and 2 cups black beans in a large bowl with a fork. Stir in panko, next 2 ingredients, onion mixture, 1 cup pepper Jack cheese and remaining black beans until well blended. Shape mixture into 6 (1/2-inch) patties. Cook patties in remaining 3 tbsp hot oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place tostadas on a 15-x10-inch jelly-roll pan; top with Cheddar and remaining pepper Jack cheese. Bake until cheese melts. Top with black bean cakes and salsa. To prepare avocado-corn salsa, whisk together lime zest, lime juice, oil, mustard and dried crushed red pepper flakes in a large bowl. Stir in corn kernels, grape tomatoes, avocado, red onion, basil, and cilantro. Add salt and pepper.

BLACK BEAN, AVOCADO, AND CORN SALSA

Steps:

• Mix black beans, corn, cilantro, red onion, lime juice, oil, hot sauce, cumin, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Lightly toss in avocado immediately before serving to ensure it does not turn brown.