Mexican steak with homemade refried beans
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Mexican steak with homemade refried beans

By Sarah Cook

All the flavours of a good beef chilli con carne in a fraction of the time, cook it in a frying pan or on the bbq

  • Prep:20 mins
    Cook:20 mins
  • Serves 2
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 794
  • fat 44g
  • saturates 15g
  • carbs 49g
  • sugars 13g
  • fibre 16g
  • protein 49g
  • salt 1.3g

Ingredients

  • 2 small sirloin or rump steaks, or 1 big
  • 2 tsp sunflower oil
  • 1 tsp chipotle paste (we used Discovery)
  • about 2 whole roasted red pepper from a jar, quartered
  • 1 small ripe avocado, stoned and chunkily diced
  • 1 lime, cut into wedges
  • few coriander sprigs, leaves picked
  • few dollops soured cream
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp hot paprika, plus a pinch extra (optional)
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 2 tsp each chipotle paste, brown sugar and wine vinegar (red or white)
  • 400g can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 400g can pinto or kidney beans, drained and rinsed

Method

  1. Put the steaks on a plate and rub them all over with the oil, chipotle paste and ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper. Leave at room temperature while you start the beans.

  2. For the beans, soften the onion in the oil in a frying pan. Once softened, stir in the spices for 2 mins, followed by the tomato purée, chipotle, sugar and vinegar. Tip in all the beans with 1 tsp salt, some pepper and half a can of water. Bubble gently until the water is almost evaporated.

  3. Heat a griddle or non-stick frying pan (or a barbecue). Season the steaks with salt. Fry, with the peppers alongside, for about 2 mins on each side, until the steaks are cooked to your liking and the peppers are charred. Lift the steaks onto a clean plate to rest for a few mins while you mash two-thirds of the beans. Stir in the whole beans and check the seasoning.

  4. Slice the steaks. Spread a good pile of beans onto 2 plates, and top with sliced steak and peppers. Add the avocado, a big squeeze of lime juice, some coriander leaves, a good dollop of soured cream and a pinch more paprika, if you like.

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