Soft Tacos With Roasted or Grilled Tomatoes and Squash
- 1 pound tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup chopped)
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 2 serrano chiles or 1 large jalapeno, minced
- 1 1/2 pounds summer squash, cut in 1/4-inch dice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup cooked black beans, rinsed if using canned
- 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 10 corn tortillas
- 2 to 3 ounces goat cheese
- Preheat the broiler.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and place the tomatoes on the foil.
- Place under the broiler, about 2 inches from the heat, and broil until charred black.
- Turn over and broil on the other side until charred black.
- This takes about 3 minutes on each side in my oven but all broilers/ovens are different.
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool until you can handle them, then remove the skins, core and cut in half along the equator.
- Set a strainer over a bowl and squeeze out the seeds (make sure they have cooled before you do this!
- ), then rub the gelatinous pulp that surrounds the seeds through the strainer.
- Chop the tomatoes and combine with the juice in the bowl.
- Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat and add the onion.
- Cook, stirring often, until tender, about 5 minutes, and add the garlic, chiles, summer squash, and a generous pinch of salt.
- Turn the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring often, for about 5 minutes, until the squash is tender.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and their juices and cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes have cooked down and the mixture is fragrant, 5 to 10 more minutes.
- Add more salt to taste, and freshly ground pepper.
- Stir in the black beans, add the cilantro, taste, adjust seasonings, and remove from the heat.
- Pile onto warm corn tortillas, sprinkle on a little goat cheese, fold the tortillas over and serve.
tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, onion, garlic, serrano chiles, summer, salt, black beans, cilantro, corn tortillas, goat cheese
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014906 (may not work)