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Vegan enfrijoladas

Vegan Enfrijoladas

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Enfrijoladas are made by drenching stuff corn tortillas rolls in a creamy black beans salsa and garnished with avocado, onion, coriander, radish, and jalapeños. This is a vegan recipe where the filling is full of vegetable goodness and dairy has been replaced by their vegan equivalents.
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Prep Time2 hours 10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time2 hours 40 minutes
Servings4 people

Equipment

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Blender

Ingredients

  • 400 g dried black beans subsitute with canned beans
  • 1 chipotle chilli in adobo add more if you like the heat
  • 5 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 yellow or brown onion finely diced
  • 1 capsicum, preferably orange colour chopped. It is also referred to as bell pepper.
  • 100 g mushrooms diced
  • 1 zuchinni chopped
  • 1/2 coriander bunch finely chopped
  • 12 corn tortillas preferably La Tortilleria
  • 100 g crumbly vegan cheese like feta type
  • 100 ml vegan sour cream
  • 4 radishes sliced
  • olive oil
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  • Soak the beans overnight in 800 ml of water. Boil the beans in 1.5 lt of water for 1 1/2 hours with 2 garlic cloves and 1/2 onion. You can skip this step if you using canned cooked beans.
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  • Once cooked, strain the beans and place in a blender with 100 ml of the bean broth, plus the chipotle chillies and salt. Blend until you obtain a smooth consistency.
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  • On a frying pan sautee at medium-low hear the other half of the onion, rest of garlic, capsicum, and zucchini. After 10 minutes or when zucchini is tender, add the mushrooms and cook for another 5 minutes at low temperature.
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  • Add 2 tbsp of olive oil to a saucepan and set heat to low. Add the beans salsa and simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Reheat the tortillas in a hot frying pan or grill for 10-20 seconds on each side or until soft and floppy. Alternatively, wrap five tortillas at a time in a tea towel and microwave for 1 minute - or 20 seconds per tortilla.
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  • Assemble by filling up each tortilla with the content of the frying pan and folding in half and placing them on a plate. Then repeat for each tortilla. Once plate is full - normally 3 per server - cover the tortillas on bean salsa and add vegan cheese, vegan cream, radish slices, and coriander on top.
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  • ¡Buen provecho!
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Notes

  • Add other toppings like avocado slices, jalapeños slices, etc.
  • For a  vegetarian option, replace vegan dairy for feta crumbly cheese and sour cream.  You can add eggs and/or cheese to the filling too.