Healthy Black Bean Tacos just got a whole lot more than exciting! These are loaded with season, they’re a breeze to fix too the filling solely needs to ready for v minutes! In other words order hi to a new favorite super fast dinner.
If you beloved these tacos as well endeavour my Quinoa Black Bean Tacos, Sweet Potato Black Bean Tacos, or Roasted Veggie as well as Black Bean Tacos!
Easy Black Bean Taco Recipe
I know what nearly of y'all are in all likelihood thinking. Black bean tacos. BORING! My family was thinking the same affair until I made these.
My kids were hoping I was making the same ground beef tacos and were sad to hear it “we’re having black edible bean tacos for dinner” just later ane bite everyone was raving virtually how skillful they are!
You get deliciously seasoned dark beans (which are canned in addition to at that place for already pre-cooked, thank yous shortcuts) too they’re tossed amongst salsa it all go’second a quick simmer. And to finish it’sec layered over tortillas amongst a vivid together with creamy avocado cilantro lime crema and garnished amongst all your other favorite toppings.
A super delicious, salubrious dinner everyone tin hold on!
How to Make These Vegetarian Black Bean Tacos
Taco filling actually doesn’t get any easier than this. Here’sec what you lot’ll do:
- In a medium saucepan combine 2 cans drained and rinsed dark beans, 1 cup salsa, 1 1/two tsp chili pulverization together with too i tsp cumin.
- Simmer mixture for nearly 5 -ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Slightly squeeze beans if desired.
- Add to warmed tortillas alongside desired toppings (greenback, I similar to rut the tortillas inwards a footling olive oil for added flavor too moisture).
Ingredients for Avocado Cilantro Lime Crema
- i/2 medium avocado
- 1 Tbsp lime juice, or to taste
- 1/ii loving cup patently Greek yogurt
- 1 loving cup fresh cilantro
- i clove garlic, pressed through a garlic crusher
To Make the Avocado Cilantro Lime Crema
So slow – just blend it all together inwards a food processor as well as that’second it!
Use the Filling for Tostadas besides!
This black edible bean taco filling would too make bang-up tostadas, simply purchase the pre-made tostada shells by the tortillas at the store too layer on these same toppings.
And why not effort it alongside rice or cauliflower rice? There’sec lots of options here.
How to Make These Black Bean Tacos Vegan
- Substitute a manifestly vegan yogurt for the Greek yogurt or role a vegan sour cream.
- Use a vegan cheese or omit.
- Be sure tortillas are made with vegetable rock oil or another vegan friendly petroleum.
Possible Variations
- Try with salsa verde instead of scarlet salsa.
- Add other Mexican spices for extra season similar coriander, paprika, or cayenne pepper.
- Use homemade cooked black beans.
- Try it with canned pinto beans.
More Black Bean Recipes You’ll Love
- Black Bean Tortilla Soup
- Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Black Beans
- Cowboy Caviar
- Mango Black Bean in addition to Avocado Quinoa Salad
- Roasted Sweet Potato in addition to Black Bean Chili
Black Bean Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Lime Crema
Ingredients
- two (14.five oz) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 loving cup store-bought refrigerated Lycopersicon esculentum salsa* or left-over homemade salsa
- one i/2 tsp chili powder
- i tsp ground cumin
- Salt together with freshly earth black pepper
- i/ii medium avocado
- ane/ii cup manifestly Greek yogurt
- ane cup fresh cilantro**
- ane Tbsp lime juice, or more to gustatory modality
- 1 clove garlic, pressed through a garlic crusher
For serving
- eight (vi-inch) yellowish corn tortillas,*** warmed
- Shredded romaine lettuce, shredded Mexican blend cheese, diced tomatoes
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan combine dark beans, salsa, chili powder too cumin. Simmer mixture for about 5 -x minutes, stirring occasionally. Slightly mash beans if desired.
- Meanwhile inward a food processor pulse together avocado, Greek yogurt, cilantro, lime juice in addition to garlic until cilantro is finely minced. Season amongst table salt as well as pepper to sense of taste (if y'all desire the sauce thinner you tin can add together inwards 1 Tbsp H2O).
- To assemble tacos, on each tortilla layer black edible bean mixture, avocado cilantro lime crema, lettuce, cheese as well as tomatoes. Serve right away.
Notes
- Refrigerated salsa tin be constitute inwards the create department or in the refrigerated latin foods section of the grocery shop. If using homemade use 1 that includes tomatoes, onions, cilantro together with garlic.
- This is most the tiptop one/3 portion of i medium bunch of cilantro, and then purpose mostly leaves together with just about stalk.
- This is my preferred method for cooking corn tortillas for tacos (although those pictured were just warmed in addition to browned with a fire): I brush the tortillas lightly amongst olive petroleum so fix them in a skillet over medium-high to medium oestrus until they get down to go gilt brown spots on the bottom and so flip as well as cook opposite side until lightly browned.
- Nutrition does non include lettuce, cheese as well as tomatoes.
Amount Per Serving
Calories 404
Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Recipe inspired by The Garden Grazer.
Recipe originally Published Feb four, 2017. Text updated Jan 8, 2020, recipe remains the same.