Are you looking for a tasty and easy to prepare black bean side dish that goes great with chicken, steak, or tacos? This versatile black beans dish can serve as a side item, a tortilla or quesadilla filling, a chip dip, or even as a condiment. The best part is that it uses just FOUR ingredients! Well, five if you include the optional shredded cheese. You will also need a slow cooker.
Spicy Black Beans and Corn Ingredients
1 – 26.5 oz can Black Beans
1 – 10 oz. can Rotel Tomatoes and chilies
1 – 15.25 oz. can Sweet Corn
½ to 1 tablespoons taco seasoning (depending on how spicy you like)
1 – 8 oz. package of shredded Mexican, cheddar, or Colby jack cheese (optional)
Preparation
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 2–3 hours
Drain most of the liquid from beans. Empty the remaining sauce and beans in slow cooker.- Completely drain Rotel and Corn and empty the contents of the cans into slow cooker.
- Add taco seasoning to slow cooker. Stir to mix ingredients together.
- Turn slow cooker on low for 2–3 hours or high for about 1½ hours. Stirring occasionally.
Serving
Spoon onto plate as a side to chicken, steak, tacos, burritos, or quesadillas. Optionally add cheese topping.
We also enjoy using this as filling inside a tortilla with lettuce, tomato, and cheese as a black bean soft taco, or with a tortilla and cheese and prepared as a black bean quesadilla.
You can also serve this with tortilla chips as a black bean salsa, or, one of my favorites, as a tasty alternative topping on a hamburger or cheeseburger.
Flexibility
Sodium
We like to choose low sodium versions for the canned products to reduce the sodium content overall.
Rotel Flavors
The Rotel brand of tomatoes and chilies is available in several different flavors from mild to hot. Your choice will result in a mild to spicy hot black beans. Choose wisely based on how spicy you prefer your food.