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Your favourite black bean recipes

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  • knucklesammie
    knucklesammie Posts: 196 Member
    bump!! i have never tried cooking with black beans, but really want to! thank you for this post!
  • WDA4655
    WDA4655 Posts: 91 Member
    I use dry black beans too. Cook the beans first. Add fat free chicken broth, precooked ground turkey & 1 can of diced Italian tomatoes, season with salt, pepper. I put it over brown rice but you can use white.

    You can freeze this too for another meal.
  • Hollabauler
    Hollabauler Posts: 44 Member
    I don't have a recipe, but a friend of mine once made some black bean hummus, and it was delicious!
  • bluelena
    bluelena Posts: 304 Member
    Cuban style black beans are amazing. You can find tons of recipes online, but this is a pretty basic one.

    http://www.eatliverun.com/cuban-black-beans/

    Bump!
  • sayafeh
    sayafeh Posts: 6 Member
    omgsh. bump. Loving all these black bean recipes!
  • pbrahan
    pbrahan Posts: 107 Member
    Y'all!
    I totally forgot two of the main ingredients!

    Cilantro (a lot!)
    Lime Juice (I squeeze about two limes worth!)

    Paula

    It should be this:

    1 Red onion, finely diced
    1 Green & 1 Red bell pepper, diced
    1/4 C Red Wine Vinegar
    2 TBSP Honey
    Salt/Pepper to taste
    Black Beans (amount is up to you)
    1 Papaya, seeded and diced
    Juice of 2 limes
    Cilantro (to taste - I use about 1/4 cup of leaves)
    1 Avocado, diced (optional)
    1 Jalepeno, seeded and minced (optional)

    This makes a delicious cold salad with very few calories (especially if you leave out the avocado, but I love me some avocado). I like to eat a bowl of this as a meal.
  • faely
    faely Posts: 144 Member
    bump - to try them all! thanks :flowerforyou:
  • joyce0624
    joyce0624 Posts: 115 Member
    bump
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    Make the beans as per usual

    add:

    2 cups corn
    1 bell pepper
    smidgeon of onion
    zesty italian dressing for taste (don't over do it)

    use tostitos scoops and eat as is for an awesome salsa. I also mix this salsa in my eggs or in a veggie loaded wrap.
  • Shamrock_me
    Shamrock_me Posts: 161
    Bumpity Bump Bump - so many good recipe ideas here! :heart:
  • trackme
    trackme Posts: 239 Member
    Just started eating this as I have all the ingredients on hand from the garden...but I dont add the oil. Also, the salt was way too much..maybe because I used canned beans :)

    http://www.freshbitesdaily.com/black-bean-salad/
  • l0sing_it
    l0sing_it Posts: 67
    Soak the beans overnight, then drain the water, add 4c water for every cup of dried beans and put in crock pot or on the stove for 4-6 hours.

    Add some Sriracha to the black beans to spice them up!
  • l0sing_it
    l0sing_it Posts: 67
    12 oz gr turkey
    1/4 c chicken broth
    2 c black beans
    2 c fresh spinach
    1 med red pepper
    minced garlic
    salt/pepper
    sriracha

    Thinly slice red pepper, set aside. Sautee ground meat with chicken broth and 1 tbs minced garlic, salt, pepper over med heat. Once cooked, drain and set aside. Heat black beans in same sautee pan and add red peppers, 1 tbs minced garli, salt, pepper and 1 tsp sriracha. Once heated, add meat and mix until peppers are crisp tender.

    Place 1 c spinach leaves on each plate. Divide the bean mixture in half and add to each plate.

    It is very tasty with ground chicken too!
  • tambam69
    tambam69 Posts: 270 Member
    bump
  • pmaxson
    pmaxson Posts: 137
    bump
  • kbeardmore22
    kbeardmore22 Posts: 283 Member
    bump for later
  • carieforester
    carieforester Posts: 8 Member
    I love this one. I omit the mushrooms and double the rice.

    http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2011/10/healthy-meals-monday-chicken-and-black.html
  • highervibes
    highervibes Posts: 2,219 Member
    Blackbean and Mango Salsa (serve with nachos)

    1 can corn
    1 can black beans
    1 ripe mango. diced
    1/4C green onions, finely chopped
    1/2 orange pepper, diced
    1/4C of freshly chopped cilantro/coriander
    Juice of one lime
    1/2C PC Smokin' Habanero bbq sauce


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  • Swats915
    Swats915 Posts: 27 Member
    Bump
  • hidbee
    hidbee Posts: 52 Member
    I puree black beans in a blender, mix with some quinoa to thicken, add curry and some onion and cook in a pan using trader joe's coconut oil spray (0 cal!). I eat it like a burger on a thinny with a little scoop of greek yogurt and a tomato. DELISH!
  • Kelley528
    Kelley528 Posts: 319 Member
    Black beans are my quick and simple way to deal with my leftovers.

    I had left over 93% lean ground beef, through it in a pan with half a cup of brown beans, added chili powder, diced onions, diced peppers, added 3 teaspoons tomato sauce and which ever other random seasoning I wanted. Dumped the contents into a flax sed wrap with some hot sauce and yummy burrito type thing for only 246 calories.

    I also take my left over grilled chicken, cut into strips or cubes, and dump it on top of a serving of white rice with half cup black beans, mix together chopped onions, tomatoes, and peppers. Also under 300 calories and very filling.
  • yankeefamily05
    yankeefamily05 Posts: 657
    Bump!
  • godsrose
    godsrose Posts: 96 Member
    bump
  • kitza101
    kitza101 Posts: 99 Member
    Bumping due to the laaaaaaarge amount of dried black beans I cooked up on Sunday that are now stored in my freezer and ready to go.
  • Bluepopsicle_25
    Bluepopsicle_25 Posts: 62 Member
    bump
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    Soak them over night, then cook them in a crockpot with hot salsa and diced onion. Make some brown rice. Take some rice and black bean mixture, put them in a warm whole wheat tortilla, add a little shredded cheddar cheese and ta da! black bean burrito!

    Save any left over beans and rice for the next day. Add chopped red/yellow/green pepper, some cajun seasoning, and some spicy chicken sausage (if your a carnivore) and you have a tasty filling meal!
    thanks for sharing :o)
  • kelly_c_77
    kelly_c_77 Posts: 5,658 Member
    Bump
  • ripemango
    ripemango Posts: 534 Member
    this is the same method/recipe I have been using to make beans for years. It is a winner. I use it to make black, pintos, kidney, lentils...well you get the idea.
    If I have chicken stock, I'll use that otherwise I do as you and throw in bouillon. I often don't have fresh jalapeno so instead I will add 5-6 slices of pickled jalapeno to the crock. We always have beans. When I make a crockpot full of them I put in the fridge what we'll eat in a couple days and the rest I freeze laying flat for later use.
    I use this recipe and just switch a bag of uncooked black beans for refried beans. I have modified the recipe a little bit. I add chicken boullion powder to basically make it 9 cups of chicken broth rather than water and I cut the salt down to 2 tsp total. If I don't have a jalapeno laying around, I'll squeeze in a bit of sriracha.

    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Refried-Beans-Without-the-Refry/

    also is great with pinto as suggested in the recipe
  • coffee4me57
    coffee4me57 Posts: 195
    bump
  • lima013
    lima013 Posts: 80 Member
    Amazing ideas!
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