Servings: people
Calories/100g: 132 kcalWhy you should try it
I absolutely love this dish. We’ve all eaten tacos, but the crema is what makes this really stand out from the rest. The combination of cashews with some acidity as well as the garlic makes it go along perfectly with the mild and nutty flavor of the quinoa. Taste the crema before you serve it, you might want to add a few extra branches of coriander.
Ingredients
- 9 soft shell tacos (⌀ 15 cm) you can use larger ones if you like
- 200 g quinoa
- 400 g black beans
- 1 bag tortilla chips
- 1 avocado
- 75 g unseasoned cashews
- 1 onion
- 1 red chili
- 3 garlic cloves
- 500 ml vegetable broth
- 1,5 teaspoons cumin
- 1,5 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- coriander (~8 g)
- 1 lime
- 1/4 lemon
Instructions
- Fry the vegetables. Finely dice the onion, garlic and red chili. Heat up a pan with some olive oil and add the onion. Cook for about 4 minutes while stirring occasionally until the onion becomes translucent. Then, add 2 garlic cloves and red chili and fry them very shortly until they start to smell fragrant as well.
- Add spices. Add the spices: Cumin, smoked paprika, tomato paste, salt and pepper. Stir and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add quinoa and beans. After washing the quinoa, add it to the pan. Add the vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Once everything is boiling, add the black beans and let everything simmer for 15 minutes on low heat with a lid on. Once it's cooked, remove the skillet from the heat and let it sit for about 5 minutes. At the end, squeeze some lime on top of the mixture and loosen up the quinoa with a spatula.
- Put together the crema. While the quinoa is simmering, start to prepare the crema. Add the remaining garlic clove, the cashews, the juice of 1/4 of lemon, about 1 tablespoon of lime juice and 90 ml of water to a mixer. Also, add the cilantro (leaves and stem) but keep some for garnishing later. Adjust your desired consistancy by adding one or two additional tablespoons of water.
- Serve. Fill the tacos with the quinoa bean mixture, add some sliced avocado, crumbled tortilla chips, crema and fresh cilantro on top. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 132 kcal
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