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How to Cook Canned Black Beans on the Stove
A simple recipe for how to cook canned black beans on the stove
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 279 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 Tbs butter
- ½ lice Bacon cut into small pieces
- 2 lices onion chopped
- 15 oz can unseasoned black beans. Drained
- ½ Cup chicken broth
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
- ½ teaspoon granulated white sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a medium sized saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter until just soft.
- Place the small pieces of bacon into the butter and cook until softened. Add the chopped onion and continue cooking until the onion is soft.
- Add the drained beans all at once followed by the chicken broth.
- Add the garlic powder, taco seasoning and sugar.
- Heat over medium heat until the beans are bubbly and fragrant.
- Taste and add salt and pepper to taste
- Garnish as you please with jalapeno, cilantro or serve beans with rice, chicken, corn or in a burrito, taco, over a salad, etc
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Notes
- Drain the water from the can off of the beans before starting your cooking project
- If you have SEASONED CANNED BLACK BEANS, don’t do anything to them except open the can and dump it in the sauce pot to heat.
- In addition, Black Beans, like most things in the kitchen improve with the addition of salt, spicy heat, acid, fat and smoke and that is why the ingredients for the recipe are as they are.
- Once your canned black beans are cooked on the stove, they will be ready for any dish you want to add them to OR you can simply eat them plain.
- In addition, Black Beans are terrific added to a burrito or taco, added to a salad, mixed with corn, mixed with rice, as a side to chicken or even eaten plain.
- Drain the water from the can off of the beans before starting your cooking project
- If you have SEASONED CANNED BLACK BEANS, don’t do anything to them except open the can and dump it in the sauce pot to heat.
- In addition, Black Beans, like most things in the kitchen improve with the addition of salt, spicy heat, acid, fat and smoke and that is why the ingredients for the recipe are as they are.
- Once your canned black beans are cooked on the stove, they will be ready for any dish you want to add them to OR you can simply eat them plain.
- In addition, Black Beans are terrific added to a burrito or taco, added to a salad, mixed with corn, mixed with rice, as a side to chicken or even eaten plain.
Nutrition Information
Serving
7.5oz
Calories
279kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
13g
(26%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Cholesterol
18mg
(6%)
Sodium
911mg
(38%)
Potassium
675mg
(19%)
Fiber
14g
(56%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
175IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
6.8mg
(8%)
Calcium
74mg
(7%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 279
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 7.5oz | |
| Calories | 279kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 13g | 26% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 911mg | 38% |
| Potassium | 675mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 14g | 56% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 175IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 6.8mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 74mg | 7% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.