Mexican veggie nacho bowl with corn chips & smashed avo
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 22 minutesminutes
Total Time: 32 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Appliance/Function:
Equipment
1 Oven tray
Baking paper
1 Large pot or rice cooker
1 Large frypan
Ingredients
Pumpkin
600gpumpkin
1tbspolive oil
Rice
1cupjasmine rice
Smashed avo
1avocado
Veggies
400gblack beans
1tbspolive oil
1cupfrozen corn
2tbspMexican seasoning
1cubevegetable stock
400gdiced tomatoes
1lime
To finish
1bunchcorianderoptional
To serve
4tbspmayonnaise
170gcorn chipsor gluten-free corn chips
Instructions
Before you start
Preheat the oven to 220 °C or 210 °C fan bake. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Check the avocado is ripe.
Cook pumpkin
Peel and dice 600 g pumpkin into 1cm chunks. Place the pumpkin on the prepared tray. Drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oilseason with salt and pepper and toss to combine. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until golden and tender.
Cook rice
In a large pot over high heat add 1 cup jasmine rice and 1 ¼ cupofwater. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium or medium-low and cover. Simmer for 12 minutes, or until all the water is absorbed. Fluff rice with a fork.
Smash avo
Slice 1 lime into wedges. Peel and scoop the flesh from 1 avocado. Place in a small bowl, squeeze in the juice from a lime wedge, season with salt and pepper and mash with a fork.
Start veggies
Meanwhile, drain and rinse 400 g black beans. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frypan and add the black beans, 1 cup frozen corn and 2 tbsp Mexican seasoning, 1 cube vegetable stock and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add 400 g diced tomatoesand 1 cupof water and cook for 4-5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
To finish
Pick the leaves and roughly chop 1 bunch coriander. Add the roasted pumpkin to the veggie mixture and stir to combine.
To serve
Divide the Mexican veggie nachos between bowls. Serve with a dollop of smashed avocado, mayonnaise and corn chips for scooping. 170 g corn chipsarnish with coriander leaves.