Quinoa and Black Bean Chilli

Serves 3-4

Coming up with some new vegan meals for a friend and this went down a storm. The bonus is it was super easy to make. Win win. I used a 250g packet of ready cooked quinoa but you could cook 100g of dry quinoa to give the same quantity. I served this in small soft corn tacos with guacamole and some habenero hot sauce.

Ingredients:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 red onion, finely diced

3 cloves of garlic, finely minced

2 tsp chipotle paste

1 heaped tbsp tomato purée

250g cooked quinoa

1 tin of black beans, drained

Water

Salt

Chipotle chilli flakes or pepper

Step 1: Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Once hot add the onion and fry, stirring so it doesn’t catch, for a few minutes until soft. Then add the garlic, chipotle paste and tomato purée, and keep stirring for 30 seconds or so.

Step 2: Add the quinoa and beans, and enough water to loosen. Heat through, adding more water as so that it doesn’t dry out. Season with salt and either pepper of chipotle chilli flakes.

Serve with tacos (soft or crispy) and any other accompaniments you wish!