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Sheet-Pan Rice and Beans

This dish is so tasty and satisfying that you’ll be happy to eat it for days (and so healthful and nutritious that you should eat it for days).

Costa Rican Breakfast Bowl

Leftover rice and canned beans makes this recipe quick and easy to throw together at the start of any day.

Instant Pot Refried Black Beans

You'll save at least an hour or two of cooking time when you make beans in an electric pressure cooker.

Big-Batch Black Beans

This simple, large batch of seasoned black beans can be frozen, refrigerated, and repurposed in endless ways for easy, family-friendly meals.

Chicken Drumsticks with Rice and Beans

Clean out your pantry with this customizable one-pan dinner, seasoned with whatever spices you happen to have on hand.

Here Comes the Sun Breakfast Bowl

Pile roasted sweet potatoes, sautéed kale, black beans, and a sunny-side egg over grains for a healthful, filling grain bowl that'll power you through the day.

Instant Pot Black Beans with Green Chiles and Cumin

These soft and spicy beans are a lot like the best possible version of a vegetarian chili, with earthy black beans standing in for the usual pinto or kidney beans.

Vegetarian Three-Bean Chili

With the help of a few pantry staples, you can get all the flavors of slow-simmered chili in just 30 minutes.

Spicy Black Bean and Corn Tacos

Filled with black beans, avocado, and raw corn marinated in bright lime juice along with jalapeño, cilantro, and toasted nuts and seeds, these hearty tacos make an easy-to-cook, easy-to-eat weeknight dinner.

Grilled Shrimp and Corn Salad

A marinade of lime and tequila takes this Mexican-inspired salad to the next level.

The Tostada That Wants to Be a Memela

Memelas are ubiquitous in Oaxaca, where they’re made with fresh masa dough. Since finding similar masa in the U.S. is hit or miss, we call for fresh corn tortillas, which technically makes this a tostada, hence the cheeky recipe name.

Chicken Enchilada Skillet

This Mexican-inspired meal offers all the goodness of cheesy chicken enchiladas with half the effort.

Vegetable-Black Bean Chili with Cheddar Cornbread

Recipe courtesy of Bon Appétit Executive Chef Mary Nolan

Stuffed Sweet Potatoes With Beans and Guacamole

Easier than burrito bowls—and even more delicious.

Stir-Fried Chicken With Black Beans

Fermented black soy beans—a Chinese cousin to miso paste—are the key to this flavorful weeknight stir-fry.

Millet "Burrito" Bowl

When I was pregnant with my son, all I wanted in life was Mexican food. This was a dish I came up with to satisfy some of those cravings in a mindful way, rather than constantly caving to my ultimate weakness: chips and salsa (which I would happily have eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner).

BBQ Chicken Salad Cilantro Lime Rice Bowls

This robust dinner (or lunch!) salad is a little Southern, a little Southwestern and a lot delicious. Save time by using leftover cooked chicken from another meal or store-bought rotisserie chicken.

Vegan Smoked Paprika and Black Bean Chili

Smoked paprika gives an almost bacon-like flavor to meatless meals like this vegan chili.

Slow-Cooker Beef and Two-Bean Chili

This chili pleases all palates in my house—it's not too spicy or too mild, but it's loaded with flavor. I love the combination of black beans and chickpeas, but you can use any type of legumes you like. What really makes the chili, in my opinion, are the toppings! Some sharp cheddar, a dollop of cumin-cilantro sour cream, and diced red onions are a must. Sometimes I even add some crushed tortilla chips.

Quick Sweet Potato, Mushroom, and Black Bean Burrito

This hearty burrito comes together in just 22 minutes, but it's still full of flavor.