Hi, I’m Betty, welcome to Betty’s kitchen. Today we’re making a quick and easy recipe. I think you’re really going to enjoy. It’s very tasty and it’s very healthy. It has no meat, it’s all vegetable and we’re just going to put few things together and I think you’re going to find it’s really a great blend. This is Black Bean Salsa.

What we’re starting with is a can of black beans. This is a 15 ounce can. This need a little bit of special treatment. If you open the can, it will be filled with a lot of juice that is very thick and mushy. What you need to do is put the black beans into a colander and then just run a lot of water through it until they’re nice and rinsed off. And they’re going to be like that where you could actually pick them up instead of having goop in your hand.

So, we’ll start with one can of those that are rinsed and free of all of that extra stuff that is in the can originally. To this, we’re going to add some salsa from the jar. This is a 26 ounce jar and it’s just a store brand. You can use any favorite salsa that you might want. You can use homemade salsa. You can use the chucky variety. When I was looking at them, I was sort of choosing between a hot, medium, and mild. And I chose medium, I thought that’s good for everybody. You need one cup of whatever style you choose, one cup salsa.

To this, we’re going to be adding some fresh cilantro. And I think you know that I have cilantro growing in my garden, my herb garden. So, I have already measured out three tablespoons of fresh cilantro. Now if you’re using dried, just remember that you don’t have to use less because the rule is more fresh and less dried. So, we’re through with that.

Next thing is some lime juice. And I just use this little artificial lime thing and empty as much juices that need. I need two tablespoons of lime juice. And one last ingredient here for the main part, I need some ground cumin. I need ½ teaspoon of ground cumin. So, I’ve measured that out and it’s ready to go. So, you can see how easy this is to make. The only little bit of trouble was having to rinse the black beans but that was no big deal, just getting some water over them to make them nice like this.

So, when you get this mixed up, get everything blended together. What you should do is put it in your serving dish and let it chill in the refrigerator for a few hours. And then get it back out, open your chips and that’s the time to eat it