“Cook me, freeze me, reheat me and I will be as delicious as if you had just cooked me. I never, ever get soggy!”
Serves: Approx. 4-6 (depending on size of tortillas and/or taco shells)
Prep Time: Approx. 10 minutes
Cooking Time: Approx. 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 can of corn, roasted
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium green pepper diced
- 1 medium onion diced
- ¼ cup carrots julienned (or matchstick carrots in your grocer’s produce section)
- 2 cloves garlic minced (garlic press)
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 ½ cups cooked Wondergrain (for a richer flavor cook the grain in chicken or vegetable broth)
- ½ cup tomato sauce
- 1 can black beans rinsed
- 1-2 tbsp chopped green chilies (to taste)
- Juice of one large lime
- 1-2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro (to taste)
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Hard Corn Taco Shells and/or corn or flour tortillas
Directions:
- Drain corn from can and spread out on a cookie sheet. Broil until golden.
- Heat the olive oil on medium heat.
- Add pepper, onion, carrot and sauté until tender.
- Add garlic and spices and sauté for approximately 1 minute.
- Add the cooked Wondergrain and the tomato sauce. Reduce heat to low.
- Add black beans, chilies and roasted corn until thoroughly heated.
- Transfer to a serving dish.
- Add the lime, cilantro, salt, pepper and toss thoroughly.
- Serve in hard or soft taco shells.
TIPS:
- Add your favorite taco toppings such as lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, guacamole, salsa etc.
- You can also add your desired protein (chicken, fish, shrimp, meat etc).
- If using frozen or refrigerated cooked grain, warm up in the microwave or on the stovetop to loosen up the grain prior to mixing with other ingredients.
Rice & Pressure Cooker Instructions
Rice Cooker capacity: 6-cup
Grain & Water Proportions: 1 cup of Whole Grain & 2¾ cups liquid
Cooking Time: Approximately 1 hour to 1hour and 15 minutes
Rice Cooker capacity: 15-cup
Grain & Water Proportions: 1 cup of Whole grain & 3 to 3½ cups liquid
Cooking Time: Approximately 1 hour to 1hour and 15 minutes
Rice Cooker capacity: 6-cup
Grain & Water Proportions: 1 cup of Pearled & 2 cups of liquid
Cooking Time: Approximately 45 minutes
Rice Cooker capacity: 15-cup
Grain & Water Proportions: 1 cup of Pearled & 2½ cups of liquid
Cooking Time: Approximately 45 minutes
Pressure Cooker: Power Pressure Cooker Pro XL (6 Quart Capacity)
Grain and Water Proportions: 1 cup of Whole grain & 1¾ cups liquid
1 cup of Pearled & 1 cup of liquid.
Cooking Time: Whole Grain approximately 35 minutes
Pearled Grain approximately 18 minutes
Note: Each rice cooker varies in capacity and in heating elements therefore, the instructions above are just guidelines noted based on several cooking experiments.