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This Easy Black Beans Recipe is gluten free, super tasty, has a short ingredient list, and can easily be made vegetarian or vegan!

Bowl of easy black beans with cheese above

If you love this Mexican side dish, you’ll also love: air fryer tortilla chips, easy pico de gallo, and instant pot mexican corn dip. 

You guys. Are you ready for the easiest, tastiest, most fantastic recipe ever?!

Yes? Great! Because today, I have an Easy Black Beans Recipe that totally fits the bill.

These black beans are creamy, slightly spicy, and are deeelish on their own, but also make a super yummy chip dip.

I know this because I’ve, um, “recipe tested” this Easy Black Beans Recipe at least 4 times now.

I can’t get enough… I’ve tried this as a side dish with rice, as a cold dip for chips, as a hot dip for chips, smothered over nachos, and I seriously need to try these in a quesadilla.

Yes. I’m officially obsessed with black beans.

Bowl of black beans with cheese

Yes. I’m obsessed and I’m not ashamed to say it. This obsession isn’t anything new, though.

If you’ve been following along long, you know how crazy I am about Friday night Mexican night.

Trevor and I literally go to the same restaurant every Friday.

We have our routine: Walk to the restaurant around 7 PM, immediately sit down (usually our margaritas are already there waiting for us…yes, that’s how much we go there), have the best chips and salsa, and demolish a side of bean dip.

Bowl of easy black beans side view

Lately, however, Trevor and I are trying to cut back how much we go out to eat.

I mean, it’s not like we don’t have plenty of food here…hellllooo! But since we’ve been cutting back, I’ve seriously been missing our Friday night Mexican night beans.

And it was about darn time that I made some Mexican black beans at home!

This easy black beans recipe has a short ingredient list, requires little effort to put together…seriously…did you watch the video above? Zero. Energy. Required.

How do you make black beans?

  1. Chop onion
  2. Mince garlic (I love using this garlic press)
  3. Heat oil in a saucepan
  4. Saute onions
  5. Add in garlic, cayenne, cumin, and oregano
  6. Stir in black beans and broth
  7. Simmer
  8. Stir in lime juice
  9. Serve! I love serving this with cotija and cilantro, but feel free to omit the cotija if you’re vegan!

What do you eat easy black beans with?

I could eat these black beans with just rice and call it a day, but you could also serve these in a variety of different ways:

  • Make them into bean and cheese quesadillas
  • Stuff them into enchiladas
  • Eat them as tacos with shredded lettuce and pico de gallo
  • Serve them as burrito bowls with lettuce, brown rice, corn, pico de gallo
  • Make them into nachos

What would YOU eat these black beans with?

Forkful of black beansHaaaaaappy Hump Day!

– Jennifer

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Easy Black Beans Recipe

4.93 from 40 votes
This Easy Black Beans Recipe is gluten free, super tasty, has a short ingredient list, and can easily be made vegetarian or vegan!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Yield: 8 people
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Ingredients

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  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup onion finely diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced or pressed
  • ½ teaspoon Cayenne or less to taste
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon oregano
  • 2 (15 oz) cans black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 cup broth chicken or vegetable
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
  • shredded cotija optional for topping
  • finely minced cilantro optional for topping

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Instructions

  • Heat saucepan over medium heat and add in oil.
  • Add in onions and saute for about 5 minutes.
  • Add in garlic, cayenne, cumin, and oregano and cook for 30 seconds.
  • Stir in black beans and chicken broth.
  • Stirring regularly, bring to simmer and simmer for 10 minutes, or until most of the liquid has evaporated (the beans will thicken more as they cool).
  • Remove from heat and stir in lime juice.
  • Transfer to a serving dish and top with cilantro and cotija.
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STORING
Room Temp:N/A
Refrigerator:3-5 Days
Freezer:2 Months
Reheat:If frozen, let thaw then reheat on stovetop until heated
*Storage times may vary based on temperature and conditions

Notes

Vegetarian? Use vegetable broth, instead of the chicken!
Vegan? Use vegetable broth and skip the cotija!

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Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts
Easy Black Beans Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 387 Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Sodium 123mg5%
Potassium 1601mg46%
Carbohydrates 68g23%
Fiber 16g67%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 23g46%
Vitamin A 115IU2%
Vitamin C 1.7mg2%
Calcium 7mg1%
Iron 0.2mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

*Note: Nutrition information is estimated and varies based on products used.

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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Mexican

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  2. Daniel

    Sweden

    5 stars I would like to try this with Red curry paste added and really let the flavours infuse into the beans for a while then eat it with Nacho chips. I really do enjoy red curry paste(green also but often even mixed 50/50) with all kind of beans and lentils really. I would really recommend trying it in recipes to get an “Asian twist” to it, and it’s also really great to “even out” the strong taste of certain kind of beans for people not as open to eating beans/legumes. Cheers. Daniel/Sweden
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  6. Mike

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    5 stars So easy and so good. I’ve tried several recipes starting out with dried beans and fresh herbs that are way more work and not as good. Thank you.
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  7. Florida

    United States

    5 stars Best recipe I’ve gotten on the internet. Easy and inexpensive, but flavorful and addictive. YUM! Used canned chicken broth, so skipped the salt. Also used lemon…hadn’t lime. Used brown rice, and did cook longer. Don’t skip the toppings – even if all you have is parsley. Thank you – SO GOOD 👍
    Reply

  12. Brigitte

    Trail, British Columbia

    5 stars Very good and simple recipe. Thanks for the built 😊 in timer and the ability to deactivate my device from turning off!
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    • Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy

      Thank you, Brigitte! Glad you loved the recipes and the added features 🙂

  17. Rob

    United States

    4 stars Excellent and easy though I made the following “alterations” because I didn’t have all the ingredients: I substituted cheddar cheese for the Mexican cheese and used chopped jarred jalapeños in place of cilantro. I also had left over noodles and 1/2 a sweet potatoes which I added to the beans. I also think that there is too much broth in the recipe and it takes more than 10 minutes to cook off so I would start with 1/4 and add more as needed. Anyway… it was delicious!
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  22. gayla

    Birmingham, Alabama

    5 stars Excellent easy meal. Served with wild & brown rice mix and sweet potato fries. Vegetarian comfort food. I will make again and again. Thanks.
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  30. Sylvia

    Windsor, Ontario

    5 stars What a great tasting easy recipe! Did recipe as stated. I will likely put a smidge less cayenne next time for me, but the men in the family added Cholula on top so that shouldn’t be an issue.
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  34. Candace

    Marathon, Ontario

    5 stars These beans were amazing as a dip, and my friends and I really enjoyed them! Also,my partner, who to be honest is NOT a bean lover, tried them and actually gave them a thumbs up! It was the perfect recipe to whip up on a whim, since I had every ingredient in the kitchen already! Thank you. This is a perfect recipe to get a good serving of protein, and other nutrients (especially if you soak and boil the beans first).
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  35. Wuraola

    Springfield Gardens, New York

    5 stars I used this recipe to try my hand at black beans for the first time. I had to sub in hot sauce for cayenne pepper, curry powder for cumin, and thyme for the oregano and still came out delish! I would add that I was very anxious about the liquid in the beans not evaporating after 10 min so I ended up simmering them for around 25 min when I was satisfied with the little liquid left. Tasted exquisite with rice. Thanks for the easy recipe!
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    • Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy

      It says in the recipe 2 (15 oz) cans black beans drained and rinsed 🙂

  38. Flynn

    Sydney, New South Wales

    5 stars Great recipe! All the ingredients are things that I would normally have in the pantry,it takes 20 minutes and tastes amazing. Thanks guys! This was the first of your recipes that I have tried and I will definitely be back for more.
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  39. Nicci

    5 stars This recipe is delicious! Made them on Saturday for a Mexican themed meal and they were super easy, but tasted like they’d been simmering for hours and full of flavor! Totally my new go to black bean recipe! Try them, you will love them! Thank you!
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  40. Jeanne

    5 stars Great recipe! Thanks. Your video is very well done. I cook a lot and appreciate how simple you made this!! Loved it.
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  41. Mary

    Lord Willing, I will be making this very soon. Will go well with tacos or enchiladas. I would like to have an egg muffin recipe with black beans, whole kernel corn, salsa and cheese, please. Also planning to make the banana chocolate chip muffin when I have ripe bananas. Thank you for the recipes.
    Reply

  42. Julia

    Toronto, Ontario

    Oh, I love this recipe. Simple, filling, delicious and easy to find all the ingredients… Well, except for cheese, but I can easily substitute it with some other cheese! Thank you for sharing!!
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    • Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy

      Thank you Julia!! I’ve heard people sub feta for the cotija, but I think cotija tastes more like a really sharp parm! 🙂

  43. Ana

    Statesville, North Carolina

    These beans sound and look delicious! Love that they have plenty of garlic and topped with cotija, yum! Love the video too!
    Reply

    • Jennifer @ Show Me the Yummy

      Thanks Ana! Can’t go wrong with lots of garlic and cotija 😉 Thanks for watching the video!!
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