Plant-based Tacos Acorazados

[Alberta Louise]

Acorazados means armoured in Spanish. The tortilla is double to prevent any seepage. First add tomato rice. Next top with the chorizo, beans in white wine then wrap a second time. "Make mine a double". There are three steps to assembling your Tacos Acorazado. The three amigos are: Prepare the tomato rice, prepare the vegan chorizo and drunken beans and lastly assemble. Note: The apple and red onion salsa can go on top. I prefer mine on the side. Also when you are cooking the chorizo pour half the oil in a frying pan and set it over a medium heat. Spoon in all the chorizo mixture and fry for 10 minutes allowing a crust to form. Break up the chorizo with a soon and turn it around in the pan so you get lots of crispy bits Add the remaining oil and cook for another 5 minutes until crispy. Take the pan off the heat.

Ingredients:

1/2 red pepper

1 Tbsp of vegetable oil

150g long grain white rice

250mls water

a pinch of salt

For the chorizo:

1/2 red onion

1/2 red pepper

1 x 400g can of kidney beans

100g plain flour

30g stale bread, one-day old bread

30g sultanas

2 tsp smoked paprika

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground coriander

1 tsp cumin

2 tsp soy sauce

Handful of fresh coriander

Salt and pepper to taste

3 Tbsp vegetable oil

For the Green Beans:

120g handpicked stringless green beans

12 Tbsp wine of beer, vegan friendly. I use Yellowtail wine.

Salt to taste

For the Tomato and Apple salsa:

3 large tomatoes

1 red apple

1/2 red onion

Pinch of salt

Pinch of dried chilli flakes

Dash of rice vinegar

1/2 lime

Handful of fresh coriander leaves

To serve: 1 lime

10 Soft shell Corn Tortillas

Directions:

Make the tomato rice Mexican style often with tomato, onion, seasonings.

Make your chosen stew. In this case chorizo and mashed kidney beans.

Place a handful of tomato rice on the warm tortilla, add your chorizo with the crunchy pieces that have curled in the pan and then include the green beans in white wine. Place another tortilla on top and layer it again. There you have it. Enjoy!