What's your favorite recipe with Black Beans??

mickeymouse38 · September 2012

Black Bean Soup
This is so simple. When I make black bean soup and there is never any left over. I cook them over night in the slow cooker.

dice 1 onion
dice couple cloves of garlic
1 bag of dried black beans
1 box low sodium chicken broth
1 cans tomatoes & chiles (rotel)
1 can fire roasted tomatoes
Cook until beans are soft. Use slotted spoon to scoop out beans and place in mixer (food processor) Blend til smooth.
Be very careful blending hot beans
I like to blend most of the beans and leave some whole. My kids like it smooth.
Return beans to pot and mix with broth. it will thicken

Serve with green onions, low fat sour cream or cheese.

sunrise611 · September 2012

I love black beans but I never cook with them, but a few days ago I made Charred Corn Salad with Black Beans. I saw Jamie Deen make it on his cooking show. It was really good. I had the last of it for dinner tonight. Here's the recipe.

Charred Corn Salad

Ingredients
2 ears corn on the cob, husked
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Juice of 1 lime
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
One 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups grape tomatoes, halved or quartered
1 cup cooked and cooled brown rice
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
3 thinly sliced green onions, whites and green parts
1 clove garlic, minced

Directions

Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high heat. Char the ears of corn, rotating on all sides, in the dry skillet until lightly blackened and charred, about 15 minutes. Let cool, and then remove the kernels from the cob with a sharp knife.

In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lime juice and salt and pepper to taste.

Add the black beans, tomatoes, rice, red onions, green onions, garlic and cooled corn to a large bowl. Toss with the lime vinaigrette.

Another good one!

RunAlyndaRun · September 2012

Bump for later:-)

Molly_Maguire · September 2012

My husband makes an ***amazing*** Brazilian feijoada, ("fay-zho-A-da"). it's a black bean and salted pork stew, served over rice. Sweet jeebuz, you will cry when you taste it! It is so stinkin good!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/feijoada-brazilian-black-bean-stew/

eecruzmd · September 2012

Turkey Chili

Ingredients

1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
1 pound ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
1 pepper, chopped
1 Jalapeño, chopped
2 cups water
1 (28 ounce) can canned crushed tomatoes
1 (16 ounce) can canned black beans
1 (16 ounce) can canned chili beans
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
2 tablespoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Place turkey in the pot, and cook until evenly brown. Stir in onion, and cook until tender.

Pour water into the pot. Mix in tomatoes, black beans and chili beans, and garlic. Season chili powder, oregano, cumin, salt, jalapeño and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes.

Servings Per Recipe: 8 (1 cup)

Amount Per Serving
Calories: 185
Total Fat: 6.1g
Cholesterol: 42mg
Sodium: 450mg
Total Carbs: 18.8g
Dietary Fiber: 6.4g
Protein: 16.4g

Ange_ · September 2012

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janlee_001 · September 2012

Got brownies in the oven now - hope they come out well.

jensfitpal2012 · September 2012

bump

Monicapierce · September 2012

tortilla sp, cut out the chips and cheese out of the allrecipes recipe and it is super healthy and tasty

swagner73 · September 2012

Not sure if anyone else has posted this or not, since there are 11 pages of recipes :laugh: but we do black bean tacos once a week. Super easy - drain & rinse your black beans & heat them on the stove along with a can of Ro-tel spicy tomatoes. Once hot, use your favorite taco toppings. (I'm sure someone else has a more sophisticated recipe than this. I have 2 teenagers involved in everything so my dinners are super simple.)

sueceeq · September 2012

Bumping to sift through later. Thanks!!

bloomingolive · September 2012

I improvised yesterday, but ended up loving the result!

-1 can beans (I used borlotti) (don't drain!)
-1 can pre-cooked spelt
-1 tbsp. tomato sauce
-salt
-pepper
-parsley

Heat two teaspoonds of olive oil in a pan or skillet, dump the beans WITH THEIR SAUCE, and add the tomato.
Stir and cook on medium heat for a couple of minutes, adding parlsey and plenty of salt and pepper.
When the the sauce has reached the right constintency (you can have it as thick as you like, or runny if you're more in the mood for a soup), add the spelt and stir well.
I serve it on a warm corn tortilla.

Tips:
-You can definitely use dry beans and dry spelt, but pre-cooked obviously saves time. It comes together in five minutes tops!
-The first time around, I drained my beans. It comes out more like a salad, with very very little sauce and the ingredients are less blended. It's equally delicious, just depends on how you like it

-you can rice if you prefer (but spelt has fewer calories, I think)

bon appetit!

LNZimmer · September 2012

bump - i made those black bean brownies a long time ago and they were good! Just didn't realize i had to put em in the fridge. they were GROSS by day 2! HAHAHAHA

Now - Mind you, I was very young (early 20's) and really had never done much cooking before that (eating out a lot - leading to having to lose a lot of weight)

I am older...and a tiny bit wiser.