Black Bean Bulgur Bowl with Avocado Pico De Gallo

Black Bean Bulgur Bowl with Avocado Pico De Gallo

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 3
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, December 11, 2016.

Spicy rockmelon seeds give this meal a real kick of flavour


Ingredients

BLACK BEAN BULGUR

  • ¾ red onion, finely diced
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon Mexican spice mix
  • ½ cup bulgur wheat
  • ½ cup vegetable stock
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 capsicum
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves
  • 1 can black beans
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 2 tablespoons chipotle sauce

AVOCADO PICO DE GALLO

  • 1 tomato
  • ½ chilli, seeds removed if you prefer less heat (optional)
  • 1 lime
  • ¼ red onion, finely diced
  • 3 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves and stalks
  • ½ clove garlic, minced
  • 1 avocado

TO SERVE

  • 1 baby cos lettuce, thinly sliced
  • ½ chilli, thinly sliced (optional)
  • 35g spicy rockmelon seeds

Steps

  1. a full kettle to the boil.
  2. Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium pot (with a lid) on medium heat. Cook onion and salt for about 3 minutes, until softened. Add Mexican spice mix and bulgur and cook a further 1 minute, stirring, until fragrant. Add stock and water and bring to a boil. Cover, turn off heat and leave to steam for 10 minutes.
  3. While bulgur is cooking, prepare the rest of the meal. Remove core and seeds from capsicum and dice 1cm; roughly chop spinach; drain and rinse black beans. Set all aside.
  4. Prepare avocado pico de gallo. Finely dice tomato and chilli and zest and juice lime. Combine in a medium bowl with chopped red onion, coriander and garlic.
  5. Cut avocado in half lengthways and twist halves to separate. Remove stone using a spoon, scoop out flesh and dice 1cm. Add to bowl with all other ingredients, season with salt and pepper and gently toss to combine
  6. Fluff up cooked bulgur with a fork and stir through capsicum, spinach, black beans, lemon juice and chipotle sauce. Season to taste with salt pepper.
  7. divide black bean bulgur between bowls. Top with lettuce and a spoonful of avocado pico de gallo. Garnish with chilli (if desired) and spicy rockmelon seeds.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2500 kj
598 kcal
Protein 26.5g
Carbohydrate 63.7g
Fat 21.9g