Cacahuate beans with chorizo, oyster mushrooms and nopales – Guestpost by What’s Cooking
As I’ve already told you when I did a guestpost for Ben from What’s Cooking Mexico? a few weeks ago in his series What’s Cooking World? I am a big big fan of his blog which is all about Mexican cuisine. Ben and I started blogging at about the same time way back in 2007 for him and 2008 for me. I’ve followed him ever since the very beginning.
You might find quite a few ingredients on his blog that are not your every day supermarket item, but that’s part of what I love about his recipes. It makes me look for other ingredients even though sometimes it can be a pain to find them, but thank god for online shopping..;) What did we ever do before the internet anyway? I’m really happy that Ben agreed to share one of his delicious recipes here on my site, so I’m giving it over to Ben Herrera!
I’m really honored to write a guest post for Simone’s blog. I’ve been following her blog for a few years, when we both were just newbies in this business, and ever since the beginning she’s been one of my favorite food bloggers and photographers. Her witty writing and beautiful photography keep me coming back for more.
As some of you who know me might know, I live in Mexico City and I’ve taken up the delicious task of exploring the ingredients of Mexican cuisine. The latest ingredient I’ve been exploring is beans, such amazing little fellows. Beans have always been one of my favorite ingredients to cook with, but after learning about their history, properties, health benefits and varieties I can appreciate them even more.
In Mexico, beans are the second most important crop, right after maize, another amazing Mexican ingredient. For thousands of years they have been part of the diet of many civilizations of the American continent. I won’t bore you with a lot of history and facts. I will rather share a delicious recipe to prepare and eat beans. They’re not only very good for you, but also very delicious.
Last month I went to the ice cream fair in a small town in the outskirts of Mexico City and found a bunch of beans I had never seen before. One of the kinds was called cacahuate (peanut) bean. I was eager to try new varieties so I bought half a kilo and decided to make them with chorizo (Mexican sausage), oyster mushrooms, and nopales (cactus paddies). The result was a very healthy and delicious lunch.
Cacahuate beans with chorizo, oyster mushrooms and nopales
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked cacahuate beans with the broth they were cooked in *
- 100 g Mexican chorizo
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 fresh jalapeno pepper seeded and sliced
- 100 g oyster mushrooms diced
- oregano
- rosemary
- basil
- 4 small nopales grilled *
- 4 scallions grilled
- In a heavy skillet cook the chorizo until it starts to brown.
- 2. Sautee onion and garlic in the chorizo fat.
- 3. Add jalapeno and beans. Bring to a boil.
- 4. Add mushroom, spices and adjust seasoning.
- 5. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 7 minutes.
- 6. Serve on a plate and top with grilled nopales and scallions.
Disclaimer
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
