Slow Cooker Recipes with Black Beans will give you recipes for black beans in the slow cooker, including how to cook dried black beans! There are plenty of good ideas here for cooking beans from scratch to help you kick the canned bean habit.
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I’m speaking to myself too when I say it’s time to kick the canned bean habit! It’s not that I don’t know how to cook dried beans in a slow cooker, it’s just that it’s so easy to grab a can of beans from the pantry. But slow cooked beans taste so much better than canned ones, and all those cans aren’t good for the environment. So I want to start out this collection of Slow Cooker Recipes with Black Beans by encouraging you to cook dried black beans and freeze them instead of just using a can!
And of course canned black beans are also fine, if cooking them from scratch just isn’t going to work for you! Look below for some tips for converting recipes that call for canned beans. Then grab some black beans and your slow cooker and get a tasty dinner going!
Converting Recipes from Canned to Cooked Beans:
Converting recipes from canned beans to cooked slow cooker beans is easy if you remember that one can equals 1 1/2 cups of cooked beans. When I’m smart enough to cook dried beans in my slow cooker and stock up in the freezer, I like to freeze them in small bags that hold just 1 1/2 cups so it’s easy to grab as many as I need.
How Long Will Cooked Beans Keep in the Freezer?
Beans will keep in the freezer for months and if you squeeze the air out of the bags and make them flat, you can stack up quite a few. (I put the date on outside of the bag so I know which ones to use first, and wash and re-use the bags when I take them out of the freezer.)
Here are the recipes with black to help you cooked dried black beans in the slow cooker or use black beans in slow cooker dishes! All photos are copyrighted to the blogger who posted the recipe. And be sure to scroll down past the photos to see all your recipe options!
How To Make Slow Cooker Black Beans from Cafe Johnsonia
Slow Cooker Puerto Rican Black Beans with Sofrito from The Perfect Pantry
Spicy Black Beans with Cilantro from Kalyn’s Kitchen
(Slow Cooker or Instant Pot)
Slow Cooker Black Bean and Chorizo Soup from Family Food on the Table.
Slow Cooker Spicy Brown Rice and Black Bean Cheesy Bowl from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Slow Cooker Chipotle Style Black Beans from Jeanette’s Healthy Living
Slow Cooker Black Bean Ragout on Sweet Potatoes from Eats Well with Others.
Slow Cooker Cuban Black Beans and Rice from The Perfect Pantry
Vegetarian Black Bean and Rice Soup from Kalyn’s Kitchen
Slow Cooker Black Bean and Kielbasa Soup from The Magical Slow Cooker
Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup from Gimme Some Oven
More Tasty Slow Cooker Recipes with Black Beans:
How to Make Soft Slow Cooker Black Beans from Taste and Tell
Slow Cooker Mexican Black Beans from A Year of Slow Cooking
Slow Cooker Black Bean Tortilla Soup from Two Peas and Their Pod
Slow Cooker Carribean Black Beans from Simple Nourished Living
Chicken Tortilla Soup with Black Beans and Corn from Cookin’ Canuck
Slow Cooker Cuban Style Black Beans with Rice from Andrea Meyers
Slow Cooker Spicy Black Beans and Tomatoes from Budget Bytes
Mexican Quinoa and Black Beans from 365 Days of Slow + Pressure Cooking
This is such a great resource for those bags of black beans in my pantry! Thanks for including my black bean and chorizo soup, as well!
Hi Kathryn, my pleasure!
I used to cook black beans in the crockpot all the time – I think they taste better a little bit firmer so I'm not big on canned beans. But I read that you can get ill if you don't boil dried beans for 10 minutes before you cook them. I never got ill from them, however.
Dried red beans need to be boiled but I have not heard thy about black beans.
Lydia, I have to try that method!
This is a great reminder to me, too (and thanks for linking to some of my recipes). My favorite way to cook black beans in the slow cooker is to put them in overnight, for 18 hours on LOW. Works like a charm, with no effort from me. Then I can freeze them for later.