Calabacitas con Queso

From “Company’s Coming: Dinners of the World”. Originally featured in Foodstuffs Hot Off the Griddle, August 1994.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 Tbsp cooking oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, crushed and minced
• 4 or 5 zucchini (~6”) unpeeled and thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 cups kernel corn
• 7 1/2 oz tomato sauce
• 4 oz canned chopped green chillies
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1/2 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese

METHOD

1. Heat the cooking oil in a large frying pan.
2. Add onion and garlic.
3. Saute for about 3 minutes.
4. Add zucchini and corn, stirring and cooking until tender (3 or 4 minutes).
5. Add next five ingredients, heat until bubbling and turn out into a serving bowl.
6. Sprinkle with cheese before serving.

Serves approx. 8