Creamy Black Bean Taquitos

$4.83 recipe / $0.32 each
by Beth - Budget Bytes
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So apparently the Super Bowl is coming up soon? I dunno. I don’t follow football, but I know a lot of you do, so I wanted to give you some budget-y options for football eats! These cute and crispy little Creamy Black Bean Taquitos are really easy, fun to eat, and are totally Super Bowl worthy. Plus, they make a pretty impressive presentation, especially when provided with multiple sauces for dipping.

A pile of Creamy Black Bean Taquitos on a piece of parchment with a dish of salsa on the side

Keep Costs and Waste Down

Making a vegetarian taquito means that almost all the ingredients are very budget friendly. Corn tortillas are super cheap, especially when you buy a large pack. If you can’t use 30+ corn tortillas at once, you can freeze half of them or just use the other half to make some homemade baked tortilla chips. Because it isn’t a party without some tortilla chips anyway, right?

You can also cut the cost significantly by using beans that are cooked at home instead of canned. I’m out of my home cooked beans right now, so I had to use canned, but home cooked are usually about 1/3 the cost for me. Here’s a tutorial on how to cook beans easily using a slow cooker.

How to Serve Creamy Black Bean Taquitos

These taquitos are great on their own, but it’s always fun to have something to dip them in. I like salsa for these because the filling is already creamy, but sour cream or guacamole are also nice!

Goes great with: Cowboy Caviar, Warm Corn and Avocado Salad, Fire Roasted Salsa, Best Ever Avocado Dip

Close up side view of a stack of Creamy Black Bean Taquitos so the filling is visible

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Creamy Black Bean Taquitos

4.57 from 76 votes
Creamy Black Bean Taquitos are an easy, tasty, and inexpensive appetizer for football parties or just for fun!
Creamy Black Bean Taquitos are an easy and tasty party treat for football games or just for fun! BudgetBytes.com
Servings 15 taquitos
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 20 minutes
Total 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. cream cheese (room temperature) ($1.00)
  • 1 15oz. can black beans ($0.95)
  • 1 4oz. can diced green chiles ($1.09)
  • 2 green onions ($0.21)
  • 3 dashes hot sauce (optional) ($0.05)
  • 1/8 tsp garlic powder ($0.02)
  • 1/8 tsp salt (or to taste) ($0.02)
  • 15 6-inch corn tortillas ($1.37)
  • 3 Tbsp cooking oil, divided, for frying ($0.12)
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Instructions 

  • Rinse and drain the black beans. Drain the diced green chiles. Slice the green onions. Add the cream cheese, black beans, green chiles, green onion, hot sauce, garlic powder, and salt to a bowl. Stir together until evenly combined, then taste and adjust the salt or hot sauce to your liking.
  • Stack 5 tortillas on a plate, cover with a damp paper towel, and microwave for about 20 seconds to soften (this helps prevent them from cracking when rolled). Heat a large non-stick or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Working quickly as the skillet heats, place about 2 Tbsp of the black bean filling in each tortilla then roll tightly closed.
  • Once all five are filled, add about 1 Tbsp cooking oil to the skillet, give it a few seconds to heat (it should shimmer), then add the filled taquitos seam side down. Cook the taquitos on each side until brown and crispy, then transfer to a clean plate.
  • Repeat the process in small batches of five, adding a little more oil to the skillet each time, until all the filling has been used (about 15 taquitos). Serve while still hot.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 106.03kcalCarbohydrates: 11.43gProtein: 2.8gFat: 5.55gSodium: 151.53mgFiber: 3.09g
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I seriously love anything in a tortilla. 😅

Front view of a stack of Creamy Black Bean Taquitos with a bowl of salsa in the background

How to Make Black Bean Taquitos – Step by Step Photos

Taquito Filling Ingredients in a bowl, unmixed

Start by rinsing and draining a 15oz. can of black beans (or 1.5-2 cups if using homemade). Drain one 4oz. can of diced green chiles. Add 4oz. room temperature cream cheese to a bowl with the black beans, green chiles, 2 sliced green onions, 2-3 dashes of hot sauce, 1/8 tsp garlic powder, and 1/8 tsp salt.

Mixed Taquito Filling in a bowl

Stir everything together until well combined. Taste the mixture and adjust the salt or hot sauce to your liking. The mixture isn’t very pretty, I’ll admit, but it’s SO tasty!

Warm Tortillas stacked on a plate with a damp paper towel on top

Working in small batches of about 5 tortillas at a time, place the 6-inch tortillas on a plate, cover with a damp paper towel, and microwave for about 20 seconds to soften them up some. This helps them stay pliable and not crack open when you roll them.

Fill Tortillas and roll into a cigar shape

Begin heating a non-stick or cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Working quickly, begin filling each tortilla with about 2 Tbsp of the black bean filling, then rolling tightly. You’ll need less filling than you suspect, I promise. You want the tortilla to wrap around itself at least once, so don’t over fill.

Cooking Taquitos in a cast iron skillet

Once the skillet is hot, add about 1 Tbsp cooking oil and swirl to coat the surface. Give it a couple of seconds to heat until it looks shimmery, then add the rolled taquitos seam side down. Let the taquitos cook on each side until golden brown and crispy. Keeping them close together as they cook also helps prevent them from unrolling while in the skillet. You can use the few minutes while they cook to start warming, filling, and rolling the next batch of taquitos. Repeat the process in small batches, adding a little more oil to the skillet each time, until they’re all filled and cooked.

A stack of Creamy Black Bean Taquitos on a piece of parchment, one has been dipped in salsa

And that’s how you make super simple, delicious, crispy, and creamy black bean taquitos!

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  1. Only used half of the cream cheese, 3 dashes of cumin and my own homemade salsa, rolled them up after heating tortilla and used toothpick to hold shut. Mine did not fall apart nor open in cooking process, they were easy and delish, Thanks for sharing,

  2. Used flour soft tortillas and fried them in a pan then put in oven at 350 for 20 minutes. Kids loved it topped with Mexican rice and the cowboy caviar recipe from this website with salsa and sour cream.

  3. Someone in the comments noted that the tortillas roll better if you heat/cook them on the stove rather than microwaving them, and I’d like to second that. Also, I think each batch needs a little more than 1 Tbsp of oil if you want them nice and crispy. I added a little more seasoning to my filling, some cayenne, a little smoke paprika, and little more garlic powder. Once adjusting the oil the came out great, and heating the tortillas over the stove prior to rolling fixed any problems I had when them falling apart during the cooking process.

  4. I first made this a couple years back as taquitos, it was a lot of work (for me lol) and while delicious they didn’t hold up well. Enter my idea tonight: make this recipe as quesadillas. I added shredded cheese to the mix and grilled up some! It made about 6 quesadillas (I probably filled them up too much). So good and easy!

    Next time I might add corn and extra cheese to make it more filling. 

    1. these work much better as a quesadilla, even following the tips given they just kept falling apart trying to cook them as taquitos. great filling mix tho.