My Burrito Turned Inside-Out ... and then it exploded!

My Burrito Turned Inside-Out … and then it exploded!

Ingredients
1 cup chopped onion (this was 1 medium onion and half a leftover onion for me)
4 oz can jalapenos, drained and quartered, de-seeded if you are a wimp
4 cloves garlic, minced
Some olive oil - maybe a tablespoon?

2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
2 cups frozen corn
1/2 cup frozen green peppers

2 15-oz cans black beans, drained, rinsed if you can be arsed (I can’t)
2 15-oz cans fire-roasted tomatoes NOT drained or rinsed or anything beyond unlidded

2 cups vegetable broth (I use water + 2 tsp Better than Bouillon vegetable)
1 1/2 cups quinoa, well rinsed

Cheese for topping
At least one egg for topping (I am a greedy man, so I like two eggs)


Instructions
- Chop, quarter, and mince the onion, jalapenos, and garlic, respectively.
- In a big ol’ soup-pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the onion, jalapenos, and garlic to the pan. Toss ‘em around some to coat them in oil.
- PUT THE LID ON THE PAN. Otherwise, you’ll stop breathing, and it’ll be bad.
- Let those cook for about 2 minutes, then unlid the pan and stir. Re-lid the pan for another 2 minutes.

- Open and drain/rinse the beans during this time. Open the tomatoes, too, but don’t drain them.
- You can also measure out your corn and spices now, if you’d like.

- Mix the chili powder, cumin, corn, and green pepper into the onion/jalapeno/garlic mixture.
- Add the beans and tomatoes. Mix.
- Add the broth.
- Rinse the quinoa and add it in there, too.

- Bring that nonsense to a boil, then drop it to a simmer.
- Simmer 10 minutes, lidded, then stir it and simmer 15 minutes, lidded.

- Remove from heat and let stand while you prepare the eggs.
- In a small skillet, heat a teaspoon of olive oil over high heat.
- Crack an egg into the skillet. Dump in a bit of water - maybe 1/8th a cup? - in with the egg. Then lid that shit.
- Wait for Satan to stop hosting a rave in the skillet (about 2 minutes, maybe less?)
- While that’s happening, serve your lunch into a cereal bowl. Top it with cheese.
- Lift the lid and poink the egg-white with a spatula. If it’s not liquid, you’re good to go.
- Serve that on top of the quinoa-cheese bowl thing you’ve got going on. And you’re done.

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