This easy Mexican black beans recipe is made with canned beans and flavored with cumin, onion, chipotle peppers, lime juice, and tomatoes with green chilies.

Mexican black beans in a yellow bowl topped with red onion, cilantro, and jalapeno. A wooden spoon is coming out of the bowl on the side. IT is sitting on a red towl with slices of lime to the side.

They are made in under 20 minutes.

Make them for a healthy, flavorful side dish perfect for Taco Tuesdays!

Ingredients

You will need to following ingredients:

Canned Black Beans
Cumin
Cilantro
Red Onion-Red onion is best, but can substitute with yellow onion.
Garlic- I prefer fresh, but you can substitute with garlic powder.
Rotel or Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilies
Lime-Microwave 20 seconds before squeezing and more juice will come out of the lime.
Chipotle Peppers in Abobo Sauce
Salt and Pepper

Mexican black beans video

Tip: Garnish with fresh jalapenos for additional spice and flavor.

Tip: This recipe is vegetarian and delicious as is! However, for a little additional flavor, you can add 1 teaspoon of bacon grease when cooking.

process photos on how to make Mexican black beans

Step by step

Follow these easy steps to make Mexican black beans.

Add canned black beans with their liquid in pot. Add chopped red onion, cumin, crushed garlic, can of Rotel (or tomatoes with green chilies), and diced chipotle peppers. Salt and pepper to taste. (Photo 1)
Cook on medium heat and bring to a low boil. (Photo 2)
Cover with lid. Continue to cook on low heat for 15 minutes stirring occasionally. (Photo 3)
Remove from heat. Add lime juice.
Garnish with fresh cilantro and red onions and serve.

Black beans in a yellow bowl. Bowl is sitting on a red napkin with a wooden spoon to the side.

How long will they last in the refrigerator?

Beans will last 3 to 5 days in the refrigerator.

Store in an airtight container.

Can you freeze them?

You can freeze your leftover Mexican black beans.

Pour beans into a freezer container or a freezer bag.

Keep only enough of the beans' liquid to barely cover the beans. Remove any additional liquid.

Would this recipe work with pinto beans also?

You can substitute pinto beans for the black beans in this recipe.

It will still taste just as amazing. Follow all of the directions the same.

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