AKA chocolate beans. They do it in Mexico! Well they put in on turkeys in Mexico. I contrived this delicious, unusual dish in Australia after impulse buying a bottle of red wine ‘with a hint of natural chocolate’ (Chocolate Cellar from the McLaren Vale). A couple of sips in and it was hard to prevail. We abandoned it for a nice bottle from the Barossa Valley with only an almost imperceptible (and no added hint of) chocolate flavour.
Determined not to waste the unfortunate purchase, I turned it into a delicious mole sauce with beans in place of the traditional dead birds, it went down a storm. You may not be able to get hold of chocolate wine; I dont recommend trying very hard. Add a few squares of dark cooking chocolate to taste. Serve with plenty of plain brown rice, no more strong flavours needed. Very experimental, serendipitous, delicious.
Thành phần cho 2 (serve with plenty of rice)
một giật gân của dầu thực vật
một củ hành, diced
một muỗng cà phê hạt thì là khô
2 teaspoons of dried chillies (this makes a medium hot sauce, add more or less to taste)
2 đinh hương của tỏi, băm nhỏ
250cl (a third of a bottle) rượu vang đỏ
a few squares of dark cooking chocolate
một muỗng canh nước tương
the juice of a lime
a teaspoon of tamarind paste
a tablespoon of agave nectar
3 thìa nghiền cà chua
muối và hạt tiêu
một 400g (14 ounces) tin of mixed beans
half a head of pak choi coursley chopped
fresh coriander to garnish (tùy chọn)
Phương pháp
Sweat the onion in a splash of oil with a pinch of salt until softened (up to 10 phút)
Add the cumin seed and dried chillies
Thêm tỏi, stir and leave for a couple of minutes
Add the wine, agave nectar, soy sauce, nghiền cà chua, tamarind paste, a few good grinds of black pepper and lime juice
Add the beans
Stir well, bring to the boil and simmer and reduce for about 20 phút, stirring occasionally until its a delicious thick sauce
Add the pak choi, stir through and simmer on a low heat for anothr 10 phút
Serve over brown rice with some chopped coriander (tùy chọn)
