Mexican Black Beans (Ww)

lazyme's Note:

From The Weight Watchers Complete Cookbook & Program Basics, this sounds like it would be good.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• ½ cup onion , finely chopped
• ½ cup green bell pepper , finely chopped
• ½ small jalapeno pepper , seeded and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon garlic , finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 lb black beans , rinsed drained and cooked
• 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
• salt & freshly ground black pepper , to taste
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro , chopped

Directions:

1. In medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; add onion, bell pepper, jalapeño and garlic.
2. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are wilted, about 8 minutes.
3. Add chili powder, bay leaves, cumin and oregano; sauté, stirring, 1 minute.
4. Add beans, broth, salt and pepper. Increase heat to high; bring to a boil and lower heat to medium-low.
5. Gently simmer, stirring occasionally, until creamy and tender, about 30 minutes.
6. Remove bay leaves; stir in cilantro and serve.
7. EACH SERVING (1/2 cup) PROVIDES: 1 Fat, 1/2 Vegetable, 2 Proteins, 5 Optional Calories.
8. PER SERVING: 219 Calories, 11 g Protein, 6 g Fat, 32 g Carbohydrate, 23 mg Sodium, 0 mg Cholesterol, 3 g Dietary Fiber; 4 points.

Reviews

[Wing-Man]

Great low calorie recipe. Did not use any oil or salt. Soaked dry beans overnight and placed all ingredients in slow cooker on low for 7 hours.

[LARavenscroft]

These were excellent. I served them with rice and grilled adobo chicken thighs. The only thing that I would do different would be to add more spice as they weren't quite as spicy as we like. I used two 15 oz cans of black beans in place of the dry beans. Thanks for posting this Lazyme!

[PaulaG]

The beans were soaked overnight and everything except salt and jalapeno were added to the crock pot and cooked all day. The beans were turned to high about 30 minutes before serving, the salt was added along with the jalapeno. These were served with Recipe #339045.