Black Beans

Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb. bacon
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 c. chicken stock
- 2 c. corn kernels
- 1 medium onion
- 2 (15 oz.) cans black beans
- 1 Tbsp. distilled white vinegar
- 1 c. shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Directions:
- Coarsely chop bacon, onion and garlic.
- In a 12-inch frying pan, over medium heat, stir bacon, onion and garlic until bacon is crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Drain and discard fat.
- Drain black beans.
- Add beans, chicken stock and vinegar to pan.
- Coarsely mash beans with spoon; if made ahead, cover and chill up to one day.
- Spoon black beans into an ovenproof dish.
- Top beans with corn kernels, then cover with Monterey Jack cheese.
- Bake, uncovered, at 400° until hot in the center, about 10 minutes.
- Mm mm good.
- Gotta try it!