Cheddar And Black Bean Fritters Recipes

EASY BLACK BEAN FRITTERS

Steps:

• Rinse and drain beans.
• In a separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients. Stir in egg white, and add milk slowly until a sticky, spreadable paste forms. NOT runny, but not a solid blob.
• Add beans, and mix well. I do not mash ALL of the beans. The texture of a few whole beans is nice. However, I do stir the mixture vigorously to break up and mash about 1/3 of the beans.
• Add cheese and stir. If the mixture seems too dry, add milk.
• Form into patties of the desired size, and pan fry for a couple of minutes on each side.
• Serve with sour cream, cheese, salsa, guacamole, etc.
• Yummy!

BLACK BEAN, CORN, AND CHEDDAR FRITTERS

Steps:

• Sift together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne in a medium-sized bowl.
• Beat the milk with the egg yolk, and add it to the dry ingredients, mixing well.
• Stir in the beans, cheese, corn, cilantro, red pepper, and green chilies.
• In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until stiff. Gently fold them into the batter.
• Heat 1/2 cup oil in a 10-inch iron skillet over medium-high heat. (Test the heat by dropping a bit of batter into the oil; it should immediately sizzle and rise to the top.).
• Spoon in about 1/4 cup of batter for each fritter, making three or four at a time. Fry until golden brown on one side, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn and fry until golden brown on the other side, and drain on paper towels. Fry the rest of the batter in batches.
• Serve immediately with sour cream and salsa on the side.

BLACK BEAN & WHITE CHEDDAR FRITTATA

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. In a large bowl, whisk the first 6 ingredients until blended., In a 10-in. ovenproof skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add peppers and green onions; cook and stir 3-4 minutes or until peppers are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in beans. Reduce heat to medium; stir in egg mixture. Cook, uncovered, 4-6 minutes or until nearly set. Sprinkle with cheese., Broil 3-4 in. from heat 3-4 minutes or until light golden brown and eggs are completely set. Let stand 5 minutes. Cut into wedges. Serve with toppings as desired.

BLACK BEAN FRITTERS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the bell peppers, zucchini, and black beans.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, corn meal, baking powder, and brown sugar, and mix well.
• Add the dry ingredients to the vegetables in the large bowl, and fold until well coated (careful not to crush the black beans).
• Add the buttermilk, eggs, salt, and pepper, and stir together until the batter forms - it should resemble very thick pancake batter; if the batter is too thick, you can add buttermilk then an egg until the correct consistency is achieved.
• In a large deep pan or deep fryer, heat the oil to 350 degrees F and drop a spoonful of batter into the hot oil; fry until golden brown then remove, drain, let cool a bit and then taste it to see if the seasonings are to your liking - adjust seasoning if necessary.
• Drop completed batter by large spoonfuls into the hot oil and fry fritters until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side, and they're slightly puffed and cooked through.
• Drain well, serve, and enjoy!
• These go well with a nice green chile sauce and/or sour cream.
• I've also eaten these quite happily for breakfast!
• Note: black soybeans can be used in place of the regular black beans, too. Also, please be advised that these are a *fried* food, and therefore need to be drained well! As with all fried foods, the different oils used for frying can change the outcome. I personally use peanut oil because it has a higher temperature point. Draindraindrain (and perhaps dab with paper towels) if you don't want your fritters to get greasy - if drained properly, they'll be perfect. :).
• These fritters come highly recommended by family, friends, and the professional chef who created them. :).

CHEDDAR AND BLACK BEAN FRITTERS

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together well the cornmeal, the flour,the baking powder, the cayenne, the salt, and the cumin, whisk in the milk and the yolk, and stir in the Cheddar and the beans. In another bowl beat the whites until they hold soft peaks and fold them into the Cheddar mixture thoroughly. Heat 1/8 inch of the oil in a well-seasoned cast-iron or non-stick skillet over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking. Working in batches, drop heaping tablespoons of the batter into the skillet, spreading them slightly, fry the fritters for 1 minute on each side, or until they are golden brown, and let them drain on paper towels. Serve the fritters with the sour cream and the tomato salsa.