Kidney Love Chilaquiles

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Kidney Love Chilaquiles

Yield: 4 large

Author: Stephanie Hamill

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 20 Min

I love Chilaquiles, so I created this kidney supporting version so I could eat comforting favorites that heal.

Ingredients

Kidney Love Chilaquiles

• 1 bag Siete grain-free chips (or make your own corn chips out of corn tortillas)
• 1/2 jar green salsa or enchilada sauce (I love Sprouts Organic Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce)
• 1 jar organic black beans
• 2 cups cooked rice
• two large handfuls of your favorite greens (I used chard and dandelion as they are popping up here, but I have used organic spinach from the grocery store as well)
• pinch of cinnamon
• cotija (optional)
• lime
• handful of cilantro, chopped

Instructions

1. Put the beans in a pot over medium low heat to warm them up. Do not strain the beans.
2. Place 1/2 jar of your preferred sauce into a shallow pan over medium low heat; it should just cover the bottom of the pan.
3. While the sauces are warming, go outside and pick your greens and wash them, or grab them from the fridge. When the beans start bubbling, put the greens in to begin wilting.
4. When the sauce starts simmering lightly, pour in 1/2 the bag of chips and stir to coat. Simmer them for just a couple of minutes and then turn off the heat.
5. When the greens have wilted, after about 5 minutes, stir in a few pinches of salt and a pinch of cinnamon. Add the cooked rice and stir until incorporated.
6. Layer the remaining 1/2 bag of chips in the serving dish, top with warm sauce coated chips (leave the sauce in the pan), pushing a hole in the middle.
7. Pour the rice, beans and greens into the center of the chips, top with the warmed sauce from the pan along with cilantro, lime and cotija if desired.

Notes

Generally speaking in Ayurveda, processed foods are frowned upon. I make a few exceptions for quality foods as long as they are also combined with fresh and freshly prepared foods such as the greens here. To make this meal even more beneficial, you could soak your black beans overnight and cook them in the morning rather than use canned, or you can make a homemade enchilada sauce and/or chips. I use Siete chips because they have an easy-to-read ingredient list of beneficial foods and it makes the recipe that much more easy and quick if I'm in a rush at lunchtime.