These Easy Black Bean Tacos are inexpensive, simply delicious and good for you. One bite of these amazing tacos and you are never going to miss the meat.
Whether you are looking for an easy meatless dinner or a healthy Mexican dinner, these easy black bean tacos are a fantastic easy weeknight dinner. If you are looking for a simple easy lunch for the week, make a batch of these black bean tacos and eat it all week. Put the beans in a thermos and take them to work, send them to lunch with the kids or heat them at home.
Another delicious dinner idea is our Salsa Chicken. If soup is more your jam, then bookmark our Chicken Fajita Soup .
🥘Ingredients
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Black beans
- Water
- Ground cumin
- Chili powder
- Smoked paprika
- Cayenne pepper
- Mexican oregano
- Sea salt and black pepper
- Red bell pepper
Optional Toppings
- Homemade Guacamole
- Mango Salsa
- Iceberg, butter, or Romaine lettuce leaves for wrapping
🔪Instructions
You will find complete instructions in the recipe card below.
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🥫Storage
If you have leftovers of the black bean tacos recipe, you will want to store them in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
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Easy Black Bean Tacos
Equipment
- skillet
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 15- oz. can black beans drained and rinsed
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¼ teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/2 medium red bell pepper finely diced
- Iceberg, butter, or Romaine lettuce leaves for wrapping
Optional Toppings
- Homemade Guacamole
- mango salsa
Directions
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add beans, water, cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika, cayenne, and Mexican oregano. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste, and stir to combine.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the beans are warmed through and the spices become fragrant, around 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Transfer warm beans to a bowl and add diced bell pepper, if using. Sprinkle with additional spices, if desired. Serve immediately with large lettuce leaves for wrapping, along with fresh guacamole and this spicy mango salsa. Enjoy!
How Many Weight Watchers Points
Because the ingredients in this black bean tacos recipe are healthy, this is a great recipe for Weight Watchers. I am not including the optional topping in the points since these are not actual measurements on how much to add to the taco but rather you add how much you like. For most plans, this will be a 0 point meal however, this is not the case for the Green plan. Here are the points for Weight Watchers Black Bean Tacos according to each plan.
- Blue 0
- Purple 0
- Green 3
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