Nachos!

The boyfriend and I (mostly the boyfriend) made some nachos on saturday for dinner. It’s one of those meals that easy to compromise on, since you can make it as vegan as you want. He topped his with sour cream (no cheese, but only cause I didn’t have any), I topped mine with Toffutti better than sour cream. etc.

Doesn’t this look yumtastic?:

Anyway, I don’t know the exact amounts of spices he used, but I’ll share the recipe…

Laurin and Sean’s Nachos

• 1 can black beans (or two cups cooked)
• 2 cups corn (either 1 can or two cups frozen)
• 2 cups (cooked) rice (I had some brown rice leftover)
• spices: cayenne pepper, cumin, chili powder
• nacho/tortilla chips (or soft tortillas if you want to make into burritos)–we used some yummy jalapeno chips that were 2 for $5 at harris teeter
• toppings: salsa (we used some pineapple stuff), sliced black olives (canned), sliced jalapenos (from a jar), sour cream

The only cooking you need to do is heat up the beans and corn (unless you have to cook some rice up). Just put them in a saucepan and heat them through over medium heat. Sean likes to keep the liquid from the canned beans (he insisted–I would have rinsed them), so he usually cooks the bean/corn mixture til some of the liquid evaporates. Generously add some spices to the beans while they’re simmering–Sean used some cumin, cayenne pepper and paprika (he would have used chili powder, but I was out). Just let it all cook and mingle and such.

In the meantime, set up your nacho station. Lay out all the various ingredients, with spoons and such, and when the beans are done you can go all crazy! Sean likes to lay down a bed of chips then top them with rice, beans, etc, with the sour cream on top. This is mostly how I do it, except I keep the chips separate. It makes it a little easier to eat in my opinion, and keeps down the sogginess factor in case there was some extra liquid.

I didn’t have any nacho “cheese” or anything like that, but I don’t think it’s necessary in this recipe. There is a lot of flavor in the bean/corn mix that shouldn’t be covered up. Unless you don’t have any of the extra toppings, I would say skip the nacho cheese. Who needs so many analogs anyway (don’t dis my toffuti sour cream!)