Spicy Black Beans with Onion and Bacon

Here’s a delicious side dish recipe to accompany a Mexican meal or for an outdoor BBQ: Spicy Black Beans with Onion and Bacon. These beans also make a terrific side dish served over rice with sour cream and guacamole garnishes (and it makes a great burrito filling!)

Here are a few more recipes using black beans you might enjoy:

• Easy Black Bean Enchiladas
• Roasted Vegetable and Black Bean Tacos 
• Basic Black Beans 
• Slow Cooker Black Beans 
• Black Bean Taco Salad

If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.

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Spicy Black Beans with Onion and Bacon

By RecipeGirl.com (adapted from Bon Appetit)

A black bean delicious side dish recipe to accompany a Mexican meal or an outdoor BBQ dinner.

Prep: 30 minutes mins

Cook: 22 minutes mins

Total: 52 minutes mins

Servings: 8 servings (½ cup each)

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Ingredients

• ▢ 6 slices bacon, chopped
• ▢ 1 large onion, chopped
• ▢ 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
• ▢ Two 15-ounce cans black beans, rinsed and drained
• ▢ One 16-ounce can diced peeled tomatoes
• ▢ One 4-ounce can diced green chiles
• ▢ 2½ tablespoons chili powder
• ▢ 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ▢ salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions 

• Cook the bacon in heavy, large saucepan over medium heat until done, about 10 minutes.  Remove the bacon from the pan onto some paper towels to drain and cool.
• Spoon out all but 2 tablespoons bacon fat from the pan. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add all remaining ingredients.
• Simmer until the bean mixture is thick, stirring frequently, about 12 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Crumble the bacon and stir into the beans (or sprinkle on top of individual servings).

Notes

• Turn this into a vegetarian main dish by omitting bacon and serving the mixture over rice.
• Garnish with sour cream, salsa and cilantro.
• It also makes a good filling for burritos.
• If preparing this recipe as gluten free, just be sure to use all GF ingredients.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 169kcal, Carbohydrates: 19g, Protein: 8g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 11mg, Sodium: 294mg, Potassium: 431mg, Fiber: 7g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 870IU, Vitamin C: 12mg, Calcium: 60mg, Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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