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    Home » Sides and Sweets » Sides » Easy Mexican Beans and Rice (3-ingredients)

    Published: Aug 4, 2020 · Modified: Nov 15, 2024 by Marissa · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Easy Mexican Beans and Rice (3-ingredients)

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    Mexican beans and rice is a tried and true 'no-recipe' recipe.

    Do you have one of those recipes that is simple, filling, and is a great base to serve lots of ways?

     

    Easy Mexican Beans and Rice

    3-ingredient recipe:

    Beans, rice, and rotel is all you need! This really shouldn't even be listed as a 'recipe' but I wanted to share how is and versatile it is!

    Why are beans so filling?

    Beans keep you full from the high fiber and protein content! One cup of cooked black beans serves up about 15 grams of fiber and 15 grams of protein. Did you know beans and rice make a complete protein, providing you with all 9 essential amino acids? Prettty awesome, especially for all my vegetarian friends!

    How do you serve Mexican beans and rice?

    To make it a complete meal aka full of fiber, protein, and fat - just add avocado! This will add that great source of healthy fat and keep it extra satiating.

    From there you can add any protein of choice (chicken, ground beef, steak), cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, chopped romaine, cilantro, limes...etc etc!

    Or you can serve on the side of tacos with a lime wedge for garnish.

    Over the Spoon for:

    Source of a complete protein

    Full of fiber

    3-ingredients

    Affordable and healthy

    Vegetarian Meal

    Gluten-free

    How to make eay Mexican beans and rice with just 3 ingredients:

    Just cook 1 cup of rice as instructed, mix in 1 can of black beans, and 1 can of Rotel (or your favorite brand of diced tomatoes and green chilies). Add toppings (or not) and serve!

    Yes,it's that simple and affordable to make a full meal with real foods. (insert clapping emoji)

    I recently made this and topped it with my Corn Salsa  and that was a GAME changer.  I would love to hear what you top it with!

    Easy Mexican Beans and Rice

    Easy Mexican Beans and Rice

    Marissa
    An affordable and easy source of protein, fiber, and carbohydrates.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 30 minutes mins
    Cook Time 5 minutes mins
    Course Main Course, Side Dish
    Cuisine Mexican
    Servings 4

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup rice (cooked)
    • 1 can black beans
    • 1 can rotel

    Instructions
     

    • Cook 1 cup of rice as instructed.
    • Mix in 1 can of drained black beans and 1 can of drained Rotel.
    • Top with additional toppings or serve as is!

    Sometimes it's easier to make a meal based around the sides...

    I always make this for a mexican themed meal and my  Italian Green Beans for any sort of Italian chicken dish.

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    1. B says

      May 15, 2025 at 10:02 am

      5 stars
      Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I was grieving and didn't have any energy to make dinner for my family. Our fridge wasn't working, so I had few things to make anything out of. This recipe used what I had on hand from my pantry and was easy to make ...And it was Delicious!

      Bev

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      • Marissa says

        June 05, 2025 at 10:07 am

        I am so glad this recipe helped you find something quick and easy to make on nights when things are hard. Thank you for sharing and sending you love!

        Reply
    2. Anonymous says

      May 01, 2023 at 11:02 am

      5 stars
      I've made this exact recipe for years. I top it with guacamole and salsa, and sometimes also sour cream and shredded cheese. I actually toss all the ingredients in the rice cooker. Drain the beans first and discard the liquid, separate the liquid from the Rotel and save it as part of the liquid to cook the rice. Add chicken broth to bump up the flavor if you like. Cut the water back just a bit from what you use for plain rice to make it just right. Stir it up, put the lid on, turn on the rice cooker and walk away. Stir it up before serving. Done.

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      • Marissa says

        May 02, 2023 at 8:37 am

        Love that! Such an easy and flavorful meal.

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