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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 400. | 2. Heat 1 Tbs oil in large saucepan over med. heat. | 3. Add white part of scallions and garlic. | 4. Season with salt and pepper. | 5. Cook until softened, stirring constatly, 2-3 minutes. | 6. Add beans, tomatoes with juice and 1/2 cup water. | 7. As you bring to a boil, mash about 1/4 of the beans with the back of a spoon against side of pan to release starch. | 8. Reduce to a simmer, cook until mixture has thickend, 10-15 minutes. | 9. Meanwhile, brush 8 10-12oz ramekins or custard cups with remaining oil. Or you can use 2 pie plates. Each ramekin serves one, each pie plate serves four. | 10. Slice polenta into 8 rounds and place one in each ramekin. If using pie plates, slice into 16 rounds and place 8 in each pie plate. | 11. Remove bean mixture from heat. | 12. Stir in green part of scallions, silantro and hot suace and season with salt and pepper. | 13. Spoon mixture into ramekins, or spoon over polenta slices in pie plates. | 14. Top with cheese. | 15. At this point, you can freeze the unbaked pies. Let cool completely and cover with foil. Then freeze for up to 3 months. | 16. Bake at 400 15-20 minutes. | 17. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. | 18. If desired, garnish with cilantro and serve with salsa. | 19. If frozen, no need to thaw before baking: Bake frozen and foil-covered 60-70 minutes if in ramekins and 70-80 minutes if in pie plates. | 20. Remove foil and bake until cheese is golden brown, about 15 more minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
scallion	2	bunches	separated sliced	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	4		minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
pinto bean	2	cans	rinsed drained	-	-	-	-
black bean	2	cans	rinsed drained	1983.6282	362.7538	125.6492	8.2603
tomato	1	can	diced undrained	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
polenta	1	package		-	-	-	-
cilantro leaf	1	cup	chopped	3.68	0.5872	0.3408	0.0832
sauce	1/2	teaspoon		4.925	0.13699999999999998	0.2582	0.373
monterey jack pepper cheese	1 1/2	cups	shredded	-	-	-	-
salsa				-	-	-	-
canola oil	2	tablespoons		247.52	0.0	0.0	28.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.