Notice: This makes loads! We find yourself consuming it for no less than two days. Once we run out of chips, we find yourself scooping it onto small flour tortillas, closing the taco to dip to taco loop, you can say. You might make half the dish in a 2-quart baking dish or 8-inch spherical ovenproof skillet. Or, you may make all of it, freeze half earlier than melting the cheese on high and baking the remainder proper now. Future you is fairly glad you considered it.
2 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil1 massive onion, diced small4 cloves of garlic, minced1 contemporary jalapeño or habanero pepper, minced1 bell pepper, diced1 teaspoon floor cumin2 to three teaspoons floor chili powder (to style)2 tablespoons tomato paste1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, or 2 to three cans RotelKosher salt2 (15.5-ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsedKosher salt1 cup corn kernels, contemporary (from 1 ear), canned and drained, or frozen (no have to thaw)4 ounces child spinach, roughly chopped1 lime, halved3/4 cup crumbled cotija cheese6 to eight ounces (1 1/2 to 2 cups) coarsely grated monterey jack or pepper jack cheeseTortilla chips
Warmth your largest ovenproof skillet or sauté pan over medium-high warmth. As soon as sizzling, add oil, and as soon as the oil is sizzling, add the onion, garlic, jalapeño, and bell pepper and prepare dinner till the the components start to melt, 4 to five minutes. Add the cumin, first 2 teaspoons chili powder, and tomato paste, and prepare dinner for 1 minute. Add diced tomatoes and let simmer for 1 minute, then add the beans and simmer for two to three minutes. Style the combination and add salt; I discover I would like between 2 to three teaspoons of kosher salt (Diamond model) to get the extent proper however alter it to your style. Add final 1 teaspoon chili powder if wanted to your desired warmth degree. Add the corn and spinach and stir till the spinach has wilted and every thing is heat. Style for seasoning once more and alter as wanted. Squeeze juice of half a lime over.
In the meantime, warmth your oven’s broiler, and if it doesn’t have a broiler, warmth it as sizzling because it goes.
In case your skillet isn’t ovenproof, pour combination right into a baking dish. Combine jack and cotija cheeses and sprinkle combination over the beans. [The smaller amount of jack cheese covers the pan less thickly than shown here, and allows more sauce to bubble through. The larger amount is never unwelcome.] Switch to broiler and prepare dinner till cheese is melted and browned on high. Eat instantly with tortilla chips, sizzling sauce of your selection, and if you happen to’re me, a squeeze of juice from the second half of the lime.
Do forward: Whereas the entire dish reheats properly in a 350°F oven, if you happen to’re planning to eat it later, I’d wait to place the cheese on till proper earlier than you serve it as a result of cheese is at its most stretchy/gooey the primary time it melts.
