One of my favourite types of food to eat when the warmer weather hits is Mexican food. With all the spices and zesty flavours, it just sings summer to me and I love how casual and unpretentious the food can be. The cuisine is all about good honest friendly food that tastes delicious.
Loading all of my favourite foods into a wrap and then diving right in head first is fantastic! I get to experience the foods that I love in one mouthful and Mexican food is just bursting with flavour so it’s great to eat this way.
- 400 g black beans
- 400 g red kidney beans
- 400 g chopped tomatoes
- 1 onion sliced
- Tortilla wraps
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- salt and black pepper
- alternatively use 1 sachet of ready-made taco seasoning
- Avocado
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Grated cheese
- Salsa
- Greek yoghurt
- Jalapenos
- Mixed salad leaves
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To make the black bean taco sauce, first fry off a sliced onion in pan until tender. Add the kidney beans and black beans as well as the chopped tomatoes and taco spices or a sachet of taco seasoning. Simmer on a low heat for 20-30 minutes.
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Warm the tortilla wraps in the oven for a few seconds and start making your delicious wraps. Pile up the beans with some of your favourite add-ins to create a wonderful wrap full of the taste of Mexico.
Even if you’re, not a confident cook, these wraps really suit the entire spectrum of cooking skills. They also make a great dinner party option as it looks like you have gone to an enormous amount of effort when really there is very little cooking involved. You can just lay everything out in bowls on the table and everyone can help and please themselves.
These wraps are purely vegetarian and of course you could add a meat-based chilli, however, the black beans are a great source of protein are really filling, especially after everything else is loaded into the wrap.
They’re also a perfect way to reinvent and use up any type of leftover chilli without going to any extra effort other than selecting your favourite add-ins like salsa, grated cheese, avocado, sour cream, salad (the list is endless!) to personalise your Mexican Chilli Bean Wraps to how you like them.
What are your favourite toppings to add to Mexican food? Do you have a favourite Mexican dish?
Yum! Mexican food is a summer staple in our house. The warmer weather last week had me craving tortilla soup. Absolute feel-good food!
It’s the perfect summer food…fun, fresh and tasty! 🙂
These look absolutely divine. I have wraps, I have beans, I have all the seasonings. I just need some sour cream and I’ll be making these. Yum!
Lucy
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Thanks Lucy! I hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
Guacamole obviously is top of my list for favourites.
I’m in awe of how perfect your wraps look. Mine never look so neat and tidy! 🙂
You can’t have Mexican food without the guacamole, it’s an unwritten rule!
Looks delicious! Will try these tonight instead of my regular, boring tacos 🙂
Thank you! I love tacos, but these have something more about them, maybe all of the tasty toppings.
These sound delicious! We love Mexican food in our house, so I will have to try your wraps out!
I hope you like them if you do make them. 🙂
I only try Mexican food at restaurants, now you gave me some freedom! Thank you so much 🙂
They’re so easy to make at home too Lily.
I love wraps and your Mexican chilli bean wraps look just like the burritos I made. I add the same ingredients, and some chicken too! x
I bet chicken or even beef would be lovely in these too. 🙂
These look and sound absolutely incredible! Thanks for sharing!
You’re very welcome!
These look great! Perfect for summer time.
Thank you! 🙂
The wraps look delicious. I absolutely love Mexican food and will try your recipe.
Thanks! Let me know if you do try them. 🙂
These sound lovely- we often make something similar in the summer. I love some guacamole or sliced avocado, and crunchy lettuce.
You can’t have Mexican food without avocado in my opinion, it just adds something special to the food.