Black Bean and Corn Lettuce Cups with Chipotle Mayo

Black Bean and Corn Lettuce Cups with Chipotle Mayo

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 3
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, January 29, 2017.

Enjoy using your hands to eat the colourful lettuce cups, no need for cutlery!


Ingredients

BLACK BEAN AND CORN LETTUCE CUPS

  • ¾ cup of quinoa
  • 1 corn cob, silk and husk removed
  • ½ red onion
  • ¾ capsicum
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 can black beans
  • 1½ tablespoons black bean spice mix
  • 1 pinch of chilli flakes (optional)
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 baby cos lettuce

PINEAPPLE AND CUCUMBER SALSA

  • 1 can pineapple pieces, drained and roughly chopped
  • ½ telegraph cucumber, diced 1cm
  • ¼ capsicum, diced 1cm
  • ¼ red onion, finely diced
  • 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves and stalks

GUACAMOLE

  • 1 avocado
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • ¼ red onion, finely diced
  • 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves and stalks

CHIPOTLE MAYO

  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon chipotle sauce

TO SERVE

  • 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves and stalks

Steps

  1. a small pot of salted water to the boil.
  2. Cook quinoa in pot of boiling water for about 15 minutes, until tender with a slight bite. Drain, rinse under cold water then leave to drain well.
  3. While quinoa cooks, prepare veggies. Stand corn cob on its end on a chopping board and use a sharp knife to slice down to remove kernels; finely dice first measure of onion; remove core and seeds from first measure of capsicum then dice 1cm; dice courgette and tomato 1cm; drain and rinse black beans.
  4. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat and cook first measure of onion and capsicum for 3–4 minutes, until softened. Add courgette, tomato, beans, corn, black bean spice mix and chilli (if using) and cook a further 2-3 minutes.
  5. Remove pan from heat, stir through drained quinoa, lemon zest and first measure of lemon juice and season to taste. In a medium bowl place pineapple, cucumber, second measure of capsicum, second measure of onion and first measure of coriander and stir to combine.
  6. In a small bowl mash avocado with a fork, stir through second measure of lemon juice, third measure of onion and second measure of coriander. In another small bowl, mix all chipotle mayo ingredients together. Remove base from cos lettuce and separate leaves.
  7. spoon black bean and corn mix into lettuce cups and top with a dollop of guacamole, pineapple and cucumber salsa and chipotle mayo. Sprinkle over remaining coriander and serve remaining pineapple cucumber salsa on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2687 kj
642 kcal
Protein 18.3g
Carbohydrate 57.2g
Fat 36.1g