Mexican-Style Grilled Sandwich

Mexican-Style Grilled Sandwich

Ingredients:

  • 1 large Bell Pepper
  • 2 tbsp. Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1 tbsp. Fresh Oregano, minced
  • 1 tbsp. Olive Oil
  • ½ tsp. Ground Cumin
  • ½ tsp. Ground Black Pepper
  • 1 can Unsalted Black Beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 Zucchini, cut lengthwise into slices
  • 1 Red Onion, cut into slices
  • 500g Ciabatta bread loaf
  • ¼ tsp. Kosher Salt
  • ½ cup Cheese, shredded
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Directions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 200℃
  2. Cut bell pepper in half lengthwise and discard seeds and membranes. Place the pepper skin side up, on a greased Chef Grill Plate. Bake for +-10 minutes or until the peppers have grill marks. Remove the peppers from the oven, let it stand for 5 minutes, peel and cut into strips.
  3. In a blender/food processor, add the juice, oregano, oil, cumin, black pepper and beans and pulse 5 times or until roughly chopped.
  4. Grease your Grill Plate and place over high heat. Add the zucchini and onion slices and grill for +-5 minutes on each side.
  5. Hollow out top and bottom halves of bread, leaving a 2cm thick shell.
  6. Spread the black bean mixture over the bottom half of bread and top with the grilled zucchini, onion and bell pepper.
  7. Sprinkle with salt and cheese and top the bread with the remaining top half of the bread.
  8. Coat both sides of sandwich with cooking spray. Place the sandwich on your Grill Plate. Grill each side for +-5 minutes or until the cheese melts. Remove sandwich from the Grill Plate pan cut into quarters. Enjoy!