Pork and Pinto Bean Nachos

Name: Pork and Pinto Bean Nachos
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 applewood-smoked bacon slices, cooked and crumbled; 237 milliliters diced avocado; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 850 grams pinto beans, rinsed and drained; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 1 can chipotle chiles in adobo sauce; 142 grams 1/4 cups shredded reduced-fat Colby and Monterey Jack cheese blend; 59 milliliters chopped fresh cilantro; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 1 jalapeño pepper, thinly sliced; 118 milliliters chopped jicama; 454 grams pork tenderloin, trimmed; 2 Tbsps fresh lime juice; 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 2 Tbsps olive oil, divided; 79 milliliters chopped onion; 355 milliliters chopped plum tomato; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt, divided; 2 liters ounces sturdy tortilla chips; 2 Tbsps water

Pork and Pinto Bean Nachos

You can never have too many Mexican recipes, so give Pork and Pinto Bean Nachos It works well as a rather pricey hor d'oeuvre. If you have lime juice, cilantro, jicama, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lime juice you could follow this main course with the Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze and Pistachios as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 50

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Oven

For meat, rub pork with 1 tablespoon oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and black pepper.

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Black Pepper

Meat

Pork

Salt

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Place pork in a shallow roasting pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Pork

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Roasting Pan

Bake at 500 for 23 minutes or until a thermometer registers 16

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Kitchen Thermometer

Oven

Remove from pan; cool 10 minutes. Shred pork with two forks to measure 2 cups; place in a small bowl. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon oil, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons juice, and garlic.

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Garlic

Juice

Pork

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Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Frying Pan

For beans, remove 2 chipotle chiles and 1 teaspoon adobo sauce from can; reserve remaining chiles and sauce for another use. Drop chiles through food chute with food processor on; pulse 3 times or until coarsely chopped.

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Chipotle Chiles

Adobo Sauce

Chili Pepper

Beans

Sauce

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Food Processor

Add adobo sauce, water, and next 4 ingredients (through beans); process 5 seconds or until smooth. Stir in bacon.

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Bacon

Beans

Water

Preheat broiler.

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For topping, combine plum tomato and the next 6 ingredients (through 1/4 teaspoon salt); toss well to coat.

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Plum Tomato

Salt

Arrange tortilla chips in a single layer on a large rimmed baking sheet. Top evenly with bean mixture; top with meat mixture, and sprinkle with cheese. Broil 4 minutes or until cheese melts. Top evenly with topping, cilantro, and jalapeo.

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Tortilla Chips

Cilantro

Cheese

Meat

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Serve immediately.

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Recommended wine: Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sparkling Rose

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