Mexican lunch bowl with spicy crumb

Mexican lunch bowl with spicy crumb

mexican lunch bowl

Hope you guys have had a good weekend?! We were both under the weather. Duncan was recovering from his ‘nose job’ (as he calls his sinus op) and I was nursing a cold, so we spent the weekend cooped up inside, eating food from our freezer and binge watching the new season of Orange Is The New Black 🙂 .

It’s a shame as we were really looking forward to our weekend in Wales with friends, but we were in no state to socialise, so we had to cancel. And the weather taking a turn for the worse (it rained the entire weekend) softened the blow a little.

Today’s recipe is a simple midweek lunch or dinner bowl, inspired by Mexican flavours. It’s fairly quick and easy to put together and ideal batch cooking material. It’s colourful, filling, full of plant protein, spicy and zesty!

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serves
2-3
PREP
10 min
COOKING
20 min
serves
2-3
PREPARATION
10 min
COOKING
20 min
INGREDIENTS
SPICY CRUMB

  • 2 tsp oil (I used olive oil)
  • 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 1 tbsp hemp seeds
  • ¼ tsp garlic salt (or regular salt + garlic powder)
  • ½ tsp ground coriander
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp ground smoky paprika
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon

REMAINING INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ear of corn, halved
  • 2 jalapeno peppers
  • a large handful of lettuce leaves, chopped
  • ¾ cup cooked black beans (½ x 400 g / 14 oz tin)
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa* or brown rice
  • 10 cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
  • ½ ripe avocado, diced
  • a handful fresh coriander, finely chopped
  • 1 spring onion, finely sliced
  • quick-pickled red onion (optional)
  • chipotle sauce
  • lime juice

METHOD
SPICY CRUMB

  1. Heat up two teaspoons of oil on a small pan.
  2. Add the pumpkin seeds and stir-fry for about 2-3 minutes.
  3. Add the sunflower seeds and stir-fry until lightly golden (about 2 minutes).
  4. Finally, mix in the hemp seeds and stir fry for another minute.
  5. Switch off the heat and mix in all the dry spices. Stir the mixture around for a bit, the spices will toast gently in the residual heat.

GRILLED CORN AND JALAPENOS

  1. Heat up a griddle pan on a medium heat. You can also use a BBQ for this.
  2. Brush the corn with a little oil and place it on a hot griddle pan. Grill until tender and charred, about 7-8 minutes, turning occasionally.
  3. Place the lightly greased jalapeno peppers on the hot griddle next to the corn and allow them to cook until lightly charred and soft, turning occasionally.
  4. Season the corn with a little salt and set aside. Deseed jalapenos if you prefer less heat.

ASSEMBLY

  1. Divide the lettuce, black beans, rice (or quinoa), tomatoes and avocado between two bowls.
  2. Supplement with a piece of grilled corn and a jalapeno.
  3. Sprinkle the bowls with fresh coriander, the spicy crumb and a few strands of quick-pickled onion (if using) or spring onion.
  4. Drizzle with chipotle sauce and a squeeze of lime.

NOTES
* I recommend cooking a larger amount of quinoa and storing it in an air-tight container in the fridge for the week (it keeps for about 5 days). Here is how I cook quinoa – I rinse it well, place it in a pot with a 1:1½ quinoa to water ratio (1 cup of quinoa to 1 ½ cup of water). I cover the pot and set the hob to a low heat. I let the water come to the boil and then simmer until all the water has been absorbed (I check by tilting the pot slightly and seeing if any water flows from underneath the quinoa). Once all the water has been absorbed, I switch the heat off and keep the quinoa covered for another 5 minutes so that it finishes off cooking in its own steam.

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NUTRITIONAL INFO
calories
408
20%
sugars
4 g
5%
fats
14 g
20%
saturates
2 g
9%
proteins
20 g
39%
carbs
57 g
22%
*per serving
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REVIEWS & QUESTIONS
Lori:
I used your spicy crumb on my mexican slaw for potluck, it was fantastic! It is good on so many things....I love your recipes, thank you!
    Ania
    Ania:
    Thanks Lori! That's lovely to hear! x Ania
Stefani:
I love every single thing in this bowl! And I think I even have most of the staple ingredients. Very cool. Sorry to hear you're both not feeling well. I wish I could stay in on this rainy day and crawl back under the covers with some hot chocolate and a book, but the husband is determined to see a movie later... btw, if you haven't seen it, I recommend 'Shetland' on Netflix. The first four stories are based on the thrillers by Ann Cleeves, then they make up their own. I really like the characters, and the stories are really good too. x
    Ania
    Ania:
    Aw, thanks, Stefani! That's great to hear! Thanks for your kind words re: illness. It sucks being ill, but to be honest I have nothing to complain about as I haven't been ill in ages so I just need to suck it up ;) and Duncan is getting better so we will be okay. And thanks for the recco, we will check it out for sure! Enjoy the movies later! Ania
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