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== Description ==
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=== Ingredients ===
* 1 1/2 cups chopped [[onion]]s
* 3 [[garlic]] cloves, minced or pressed
* 2 Tbs. [[olive oil]]
* 1 Tbs. grated [[ginger|fresh ginger]]
* 1 tsp. fresh [[thyme]] or 1/2 tsp. dried
* 1/2 tsp. ground [[allspice]]
* 4 1/2 cups drained, cooked [[black beans]]
* 3/4 cup [[orange juice]]
* [[salt]] and freshly ground [[black pepper]] to taste
* [[mango]] Salsa
* This sauce is at once sweet, sour, spicy and pungent.
* 2 medium-sized ripe mangoes
* 1 small [[cucumber]], peeled, seeded and diced
* 1 ripe [[tomato]], chopped
* Juice of 1 [[lime]]
* Pinch [[salt]]
* 1/2 to 1 small fresh [[chile]], minced, or[[hot pepper sauce]] to taste
* 1 Tbs. chopped fresh coriander, optional
== Procedures ==
1. Sauté [[onion]]s and [[garlic]] in [[oil]] for about 5 minutes, until [[onion]]s begin to soften. Add [[ginger]], [[thyme]] and [[allspice]], and sauté, stirring often to prevent sticking, until [[onion]]s are very soft, for about 5 minutes. 2. Stir in beans and [[orange juice]], and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens slightly. Use heat diffuser or double boiler, if necessary, to prevent scorching. Mash a few beans with back of spoon for thicker consistency. Add [[salt]] and [[pepper]], and serve with salsa.



[[mango]] Salsa



1. Peel and chop mangoes. In large bowl, mix together mangoes, [[cucumber]], [[tomato]], [[lime juice]], [[salt]], [[chile]] or[[hot pepper sauce]] and fresh coriander, if using.

2. Let salsa sit for 10 minutes to allow flavors to blend before topping beans.
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==References==
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[[Category:Allspice Recipes]] 
[[Category:Black bean Recipes]] 
[[Category:Chile pepper Recipes]] 
[[Category:Cucumber Recipes]] 
[[Category:Lime Recipes]] 
[[Category:Lime juice Recipes]] 
[[Category:Mango Recipes]] 
[[Category:Orange juice Recipes]]