Zesty Beef & Black Bean Salad
with Tortilla Chips, Sour Cream & Hot Sauce
- Milk
- Wheat
- Soy
Fajita-spiced dark meat chicken joins forces with black beans, tomato, and lime to make a salad that’s bursting with fresh flavors in a speedy 20 minutes. You’ll also bake up quick tortilla chips and serve on the side for dipping and scooping. Top it all off with sour cream and hot sauce, and you're in business (fast!).
Ingredients
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
½ tablespoon
Fajita Spice Blend
1 unit
Black Beans
1 unit
Tomato
1 unit
Lime
6 unit
Flour Tortillas
(Contains: Wheat, Soy)
2 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Not included in your delivery
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to top position (top and middle positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
Drain and rinse beans. Dice tomato into ¼-inch pieces. Quarter lime.
Open package of chicken* and drain off any excess liquid. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken in a single layer; season with half the Fajita Spice Blend (all for 4 servings), a pinch of salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl.
Swap in beef* for chicken.
While chicken cooks, drizzle tortillas with 1 TBSP oil (2 TBSP for 4 servings); brush or rub to coat all over. Arrange on a baking sheet in a single layer (divide between two baking sheets for 4). Gently prick each tortilla in a few places with a fork.
Bake on top rack, flipping halfway through, until lightly golden, 4-5 minutes per side (for 4, bake on top and middle racks, swapping rack positions halfway through). TIP: Watch carefully—tortillas brown fast!
Roughly break tortillas in half.
To bowl with chicken, add beans, tomato, juice from half the lime, a pinch of salt, and pepper. Stir to combine.
Divide chicken and black bean salad between shallow bowls. Serve with tortilla chips for scooping and sour cream, hot sauce, and remaining lime wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Some found it tasty and zesty, while others thought it bland; adding extra seasoning or hot sauce boosted flavor 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to make, with many appreciating the speedy 20-minute prep time.
- Suggestions: Consider warming the beans, adding rice, or including more veggies like corn or peppers for a more complete meal.
- Portions: Several felt it wasn't filling enough on its own; adding rice or serving over lettuce helped bulk it up.
- Tortilla chips: Homemade chips were a hit for some, though others suggested adding salt before baking for more flavor.
Reviews from our home cooks
Tortilla chips are a great way to use up extra tortillas. I only thought of this when going to a Mexican restaurant and their chips were just extra crispy tortillas. I will be doing this in the future since I love crispy tortillas. As for the recipe itself, it was great. I didn't know it was a cold salad, but it kind of works out actually. In this one, the fajita spice wasn't as overpowering because I only used one pack.
So easy and good! I did a bit of editing. I drained my black beans then boiled them for about 10 minutes while chicken cooked. Also added tomatoes to chicken and cooked about 2 mins. Added it all together and choose to add my favorite hot sauce. But definitely something I would get again!
Idk what's up w cheaping out on dark meat chicken only included nowadays, but that's another story. Meal was so bland! Had to add extra salt & my own salsa to give it some flavor! Really disappointing paying all this money & getting such cheap ingredients.
It was good, but needed something green and herby. The chips also needed some salt added as a part of the recipe instructions.
I expected this to be kinda average, but it was actually very tasty, and the toasted tortillas were a nice touch, something different. Would probably order again!
very easy and tasty, i'm picky about chicken but really liked it
I enjoyed this meal a lot and what made the meal was the sour cream!
Sooo delicious, and it will be easy to adjust with different ingredients.
Neat twist to making the tortillas a hard fluffy shell. Great combination
This was tasty but needed something more. I added corn and put it on a bed of lettuce.
