FOOD NEWS
Turn Canned Beans Into A Worthy Meal With One Spicy Protein
BY Julia Holland
With the addition of spicy, savory chorizo, you can turn canned beans into a flavorful one-pot meal. The chorizo's chewy, meaty texture contrasts with the tender beans.
Chorizo will also offer protein and fat to complement the beans' carbohydrate for a nutritious meal. Since chorizo fries up quickly, it’ll impart a flavorful oil to coat the beans.
Beans and chorizo are two prepared products that you simply have to open and add to a frying pan or casserole dish. There are endless ways to turn chorizo and beans into a meal.
Try making a stew-like casserole that bakes the two with liquids and seasonings, a soupy dish with some stock or water, or a solid blend of sauteed whole beans and crumbly chorizo.
No matter the recipe, start by sauteing chorizo to break it up into an even layer of ground meat that can release flavorful fats for a well-distributed foundation for the beans.