Corn Salsa Cooked In A Pot

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Ingredients: Recipe by gone-ta-pott.com

• 2 cans of corn, drained (yellow, white or use both)

• 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes

• 1 bunch finely chopped cilantro

• 1 small red onion, finely chopped

• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped

• 1/2 cup chopped celery

• 1 tablespoon minced garlic

• 1/4 cup lime juice

• 1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and diced

• 2 tablespoons olive oil, or to taste

• 2 tablespoons of butter

• 1/4 cup red wine

• 1/2 teaspoon salt & pepper / or to taste

• 1 teaspoon honey

• for heat: 1 Jalapeno diced

Directions:

First start with the "Holy Trinity."

For those of you who don't know... The holy trinity is the Cajun and Louisiana Creole variant of mirepoix: onions, bell peppers, and celery in roughly equal quantities. This mirepoix is the base for much of the cooking in the regional cuisines of Louisiana. Variants use garlic, parsley, or shallots for one of the three.

Gently fry in 2 tablespoons of olive oil & 2 tablespoons of butter

equal amounts of diced red onion, red bell pepper and celery (the holy trinity). Stir fry on medium for 2 minutes.

Add 2 cans of drained corn

stir frying on medium heat for 2 minutes.

Add 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

stir frying on medium heat with 1 tablespoon minced garlic for 2 minutes.

Add 1 can of diced tomatoes

stir frying on medium heat with 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, 1 teaspoon honey for 2 minutes.

At the very last

Add 1/4 cup of lime juice to 1 diced avocado and toss. Add to pot along with finely chopped cilantro.

stir fry on medium for 2 minutes.

For heat add 1 chopped jalapeno pepper and stir.

Cooking Notes:

Cooking time is 10 minutes tops!

You want the veggies to be slightly soft but do NOT cooked mushy.

You want them hot and browned slightly.

Remember all these ingredients can be diced and served cold as well.

If you don't like avocado then leave it out. The recipe works just as good without it but we hope you'll try it with it first. If you do leave it out then also leave out 1/2 the lime juice as well.