EASY SLOW COOKER black beans made with dried beans!  This healthy, vegetarian recipe cooked in the crock pot for 4 hours is so easy and healthy!  Because it uses dried beans it’s cheap to make too! We love serving these beans on flour tortillas for black bean tacos!  It’s one of my families favorite comfort foods!  

Slow Cooker Black Beans

I’m guilty of it.  Yup, the big sin.  What’s that you ask? Oh, it’s shameful. Sometimes I buy…. canned black beans.   What’s my excuse?  They’re so easy, all I have to do is take the lid off, heat them up and they’re ready to go.  

 And yet, that bag of dried black beans sits on the bottom shelf (always) at the grocery store, for half the price and twice the amount and I always look at it for forgiveness “Dry black beans, I’m so sorry, I just don’t have time, I’m so so so sorry”.  Then I throw the canned beans in my cart and run out of the aisle before the dried black beans can look at me again.

Once I started growing our own black beans, I started to see the beauty of dried beans.   The only thing that was holding me back 100% from joining the dried bean team was the overnight soaking, which I almost always can never remember to do (we aren’t a house that plans our meals in advance).  So I came up with this recipe of throwing them in the slow cooker for 4 hours which leads to a yummy bean perfection!  

Easy Black Beans Recipe

I love this recipe because it’s so easy to make!  We’re going to throw all the ingredients in the slow cooker, time it and then eat it!   
You’ll need: black beans, garlic, cumin, onion powder, brown sugar, stewed tomatoes and a jalapeno.  My guess is you might already have all these ingredients in your pantry!

What comes out of your slow cooker are going to be gorgeous, delicious beans ready for you to serve!

There’s lots of ways to enjoy black beans! You can serve them as a side dish.  You can serve them over rice or pasta.  You can eat them solo with a nice chunk of corn bread.  Or you can serve them for tacos which is my favorite!

The beans are already so full of flavor that you don’t need to do much. I like to serve with a little shredded cheese and cilantro.

Salsa verde is my favorite so I definietely add that on top too!

Enjoy! Hope you like this recipe.  
Want another yummy Mexican dish? Try my Chicken Tortilla Soup!

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EASY SLOW COOKER black beans made with dried beans!  This healthy, vegetarian recipe cooked in the crock pot for 4 hours is so easy and healthy!  Because it uses dried beans it's cheap to make too! We love serving these beans on flour tortillas for black bean tacos!  It's one of my families favorite comfort foods!  

serves 12 tacos

Ingredients

• 16 oz bag of dried black beans
• 2 15 oz cans of stewed tomatoes don't drain
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 2 cloves garlic - chopped
• 1 jalapeno seeds removed - chopped
• 4 cups of water
• 2 vegetable bouillon cubes optional, but recommended

Instructions

• Add all your ingredients to slow cooker, stir so everything is combined.
• Cook on HIGH for 4 hours.
• Serve and enjoy!

Notes

If your beans aren't ready at 4 hours, cook for 30 minutes more.
If you have leftovers you can refrigerate for a few days or freeze them for months.

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