🇲🇽 Mexican Vegetarian

Black Beans Esquites

Name: Black Beans Esquites
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; handful, torn Fresh Cilantro; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 1, juiced Lime; 3 tbsp Mayonnaise; 2 cans Black Beans; 400 g Corn; 80 g Cotija Cheese

🇲🇽 Mexican

Fresh, zingy and full of texture: black beans tossed with herbs and a sharp citrus dressing. 23 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 8 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Fresh Cilantrohandful, torn
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Lime1, juiced
Mayonnaise3 tbsp
Black Beans2 cans
Corn400 g
Cotija Cheese80 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lime juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the black beans — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the black beans with the onion, fresh cilantro and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lime if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lime just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Esquites (Mexican Street Corn Salad) · on YouTube