Chili & Lime Black Bean Pasta

A Timothy Huguenin Original. I'm not sure if  anyone else makes anything like this; I don't think I've seen it. I don't remember when or why I invented it. I just figured that a lot of stuff has chili and lime flavor, so why not spaghetti? 




Ingredients:

• 1/2 c lime juice
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 (15 oz.) can of black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 1/4 tsp salt, divided
• 1 tsp sugar
• 6 oz thin spaghetti
• 1 Tbsp chili powder
• 1/4 tsp ground cayenne pepper
• 3/4 tsp ground black pepper

Bring 2 quarts of water to boil in a medium pot.

While you're waiting for the water to boil, add the lime juice and the butter to a medium saucepan over Medium/Low heat and melt together, stirring. Add the black beans, 1/2 tsp of salt, and 1 tsp sugar, and stir together.

When the water for the spaghetti is boiling, add the spaghetti. Let it boil for 6 minutes (or until desired tenderness).

While the spaghetti is cooking, raise the temperature on your buttery-limey beans and bring them to a boil. Boil for two minutes.

Drain the spaghetti, then put it in a serving bowl or back into the pot, but do not apply more heat.

Pour the saucepan of beans and limey mixture onto the spaghetti and mix.

Add 1 Tbsp chili powder, 1/4 tsp ground cayenne pepper, 3/4 tsp ground black pepper, and 3/4 tsp salt, and mix these in well. It may help to mix them in one at a time.

Serve hot. It should feed two or three people. Depends on how hungry I am.