Black Beans With Mango Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cups minced red onions
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic (, or more!)
• 1 (3 inch) jalapeno chiles, seeded and minced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 6 cups cooked black beans (, 3 15-oz cans, rinsed and drained)
• 6 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 large ripe mangoes, , minced
• black pepper
• minced fresh cilantro (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a medium sized skillet.
• 2 add 1 ¾ cups of the onion, and the garlic, chili, ginger, cumin and salt.
• 3 sauté over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes.
• 4 turn the heat down to medium-low, and add the black beans and about half the lime juice.
• 5 sauté for about 5 more minutes, or until everything has mingled nicely, and the beans are heated through.
• 6 mash the beans slightly with the back of a spoon, and transfer to a bowl.
• 7 stir the remaining lime juice and about half of the chopped mangoes directly into the hot beans, mashing the mangoes a little as you stir.
• 8 add the black pepper, then cover and let stand for about 15 minutes to let the sauce develop.
• 9 serve warm, at room temperature or even cold, topped with the remaining red onion and mango, and some minced cilantro, if desired.