Chipotle Black Beans recipe is a perfect healthy meal with under 500 calories! It actually has under 300 calories for a hearty serving. Plus it's cheap to make on budget at under $5!
Who doesn't like a delicious meal on the cheap?
Beans make a super healthy cheap meal and Colt and the kids didn't even miss the meat!
Our grocery list has been a little out of control lately and I was looking to incorporate some healthy, easy, cheap meals back into our busy weeknight dinners.
One way I found to keep the cost down was to make a grocery list of everything I was going to buy and not buying anything not on the list. I know it's hard I still ended up with a bottle of white wine at trader joes and some crackers the kids wanted, it's bound to happen.
I also tried to repurpose some of my meals, for example this made a fabulous lunch the next day for the family and a few days later I added 2 chicken breast or a little leftover turkey and cheese wrapped in a tortilla for a burrito night.
The black beans would be tasty over rice or fabulous frozen in single serving to pull out as needed for lunch.
I'm missing a picture here to soak and cook dried black beans so we'll just have to use our imagination and giggle at my mistake.
Take 3 cups dried black beans, washed and picked through for any bad beans and soak overnight in a very large pot of water. (Alternatively for a fast soak method you can add the 3 cups black beans to a large pot and fill with water. Bring to a boil. Cover and turn off heat, allow beans to soak for 1 hour.)
Drain beans and fill a large pot with water add beans and bring to a simmer. Cook beans for about 1 hour 30 minutes or until beans are tender when tested.
Tip: Whatever you do, DO NOT add salt to the cooking water of the beans. I had learned this when I first became married and set out to make chili, my beans always stayed hard. Why you might ask because I didn't pre cook the beans before adding them to the chili and the salt in the tomatoes made them as hard as bricks. Always pre cook your beans unless you like eating bricks.
Heat 1 tablespoon Olive Oil over medium high heat.
When hot add 1 Diced Onion and sauté until starting to caramelize.
Then add:
- 2 whole Diced Carrots
- 2 stalks Diced Celery
- 1 whole Diced Bell Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Chili Powder
- 1 tablespoon Cumin
- 2 teaspoon Oregano
- 2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 2 teaspoons Smoked Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 cups Chicken Stock
- 28 ounces Canned Diced Tomatoes
- 1-2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (dependent on how hot you like your beans).
Tip: A great way to save the excess chipotle peppers is to freeze them individually in small ziploc bags to use later.
Add cooked black beans and bring to a simmer.
Turn heat to low and simmer for 2-3 hours or add to Crock Pot for 6-8 hours on low and let it simmer all day on low for a fuss free cheap dinner!
Chipotle Black Beans is a favorite easy dinner for under 500 Calories and dinner under $5 in our house. Double win!
What's yours?
Other favorite inexpensive Bean Recipes our family loves are:
- Crock Pot Sausage Black Beans and Rice
- Refried Black Beans
- Crock Pot Chipotle Ham and Bean Soup
- Red Beans and Rice
- Baked Beans From Scratch
- Baked Beans and Sausage
Yield: 10
Chipotle Black Beans
Chipotle Black Beans recipe a simple cheap, flavorful and inexpensive meal that's healthy and delicious from Serena Bakes Simply From Scratch.
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prep time: 10 Mcook time: 6 hourtotal time: 6 H & 10 Mingredients:
- 3 cups Dried Black Beans
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 whole Onion, Diced
- 2 whole Carrots, Diced
- 2 stalks Celery, Diced
- 1 whole Diced Bell Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Chili Powder
- 1 tablespoon Cumin
- 2 teaspoon Oregano
- 2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 2 teaspoons Smoked Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 cups Chicken Stock
- 28 ounces Canned Diced Tomatoes
- 1-2 whole Chipotle Peppers In Adobo Sauce, Chopped (2 for Spicy Chili)
instructions:
How to cook Chipotle Black Beans
Cook Black Beans
- Take 3 cups dried black beans, washed and picked through for any bad beans and soak overnight in a very large pot of water. (Alternatively for a fast soak method you can add the 3 cups black beans to a large pot and fill with water. Bring to a boil. Cover and turn off heat, allow beans to soak for 1 hour).Drain beans and fill a large pot with water add beans and bring to a simmer.
- Cook beans for about 1 hour 30 minutes or until beans are tender when tested! Drain beans and set aside. Beans can be refrigerated at this point for later use for up to 2 days.
- Tip: Whatever you do, DO NOT add salt to the cooking water of the beans!
Chipotle Black Beans
- Heat olive oil over medium high heat. When hot add onion and sauté until onion starts to caramelize.
- Add carrots, celery, bell pepper, chili powder, oregano, garlic powder, sea salt, smoked paprika and cumin. Sauté until fragrant about 1 minute.
- Add chicken stock, canned tomatoes, chipotle peppers and cooked black beans.
- Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low and cover. Cook for 2-3 hours. Alternatively at this point add to the crock pot and allow beans to cook for 8-12 hours on low.
Calories
264.60
264.60
Fat (grams)
3.53
3.53
Sat. Fat (grams)
0.66
0.66
Carbs (grams)
45.67
45.67
Fiber (grams)
12.20
12.20
Net carbs
33.47
33.47
Sugar (grams)
5.59
5.59
Protein (grams)
15.33
15.33
Sodium (milligrams)
439.35
439.35
Cholesterol (grams)
1.45
1.45
Calories are estimated.
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This is the sort of meal I love. Have a good week Diane
ReplyDeleteThis sounds fantastic! and I love dishes that can be turned into lunches and dinnerx2 :)
ReplyDeleteThis is my kind of chili Serena I love it. Perfect meal.
ReplyDeletethis looks like something my husband would love!
ReplyDeleteIt's like you reached into my brain and picked my favourite winter meal. Fab!
ReplyDeleteI love how versatile these are - you could eat as is or just throw them in anything
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