Elote Bowl

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Ingredients

Crema:

  • 2 limes
  • 2 c sour cream
  • 1 t chili powder
  • 1 t ground cumin
  • ½ t salt
  • ⅛ t black pepper

Rice Mixture:

  • 9 c BEN’S ORIGINAL™ Mexican Fiesta Rice, prepared according to box
  • 3 T vegetable oil
  • 4½ c white onion, ¼” dice
  • 3 c canned roasted corn, drained and rinsed
  • 3 c roasted red bell pepper, ¼” dice
  • 3 c canned black beans, drained and rinsed

Plating:

  • ¾ c cotija cheese, crumbled
  • 30 cilantro sprigs, washed and dried

Elote Bowl

Makes: 12 Servings

Direction

Crema:

  • Squeeze limes to get juice in a bowl.
  • Whisk remaining ingredients together.
  • Reserve.

Rice Mixture:

  • Heat oil in a hot pan.
  • Char onions just until charred. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
  • In a bowl, mix the charred onion, corn, roasted red bell pepper, black beans and rice. Reserve.

Plating:

  • Mix crema and rice mixture together.
  • Divide 1¾ c of rice mixture among 12 vessels. Top each with 1 T of crumbled cotija and approx. 3 sprigs of cilantro per vessel.