Black Bean Salad

Best black bean salad recipe! This simple black bean corn salad recipe is naturally vegan and makes a healthy side dish or light dinner.It's that time of year! It's time for barbecues and pot lucks and salads. All sorts of salads - pasta salads, green salads, fruit salads, and more!

And salads dn't get any easier than this Black Bean Salad. It only takes about 20 minutes to put together, and it's great alongside grilled chicken or in a wrap for an easy lunch or dinner.

No matter how you serve it, this Black Bean Salad is great!

Recipes That Go Well With Black Bean Salad

This recipe goes really well with grilled or herb roasted chicken. It also goes well with grilled steak.

How Long Will Black Bean Salad Keep?

The salad will keep for up to 4 days when stored covered in the fridge. The vegetables will continue to soften over time, so if you like your veggies crunchy, plan to eat it sooner rather than later.

Tips For Making Black Bean Salad

• In a pinch, you can use canned corn in place of the fresh corn.
• Any color of bell pepper will work in this recipe.
• Avocado is a great addition to this salad. If using avocado, add diced avocado just before serving.
• This salad makes a great filling for wraps. Serve it as-is, with leftover grilled chicken, or with cheese such as queso fresco.
• Black bean salad can be made as soon as it's made, or it can be made ahead and stored in the fridge until ready to serve. If refrigerated, I recommend setting it out about 15 minutes before serving to let it come up a bit in temperature.

More Salad Recipes!

• Broccoli Salad
• Grape Salad
• Southwestern Layered Salad

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Black Bean Salad

Black bean and corn salad

5 from 4 votes

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 160kcal

Author: Kate @ I Heart Eating

Ingredients

Salad

• ▢ 1 ear fresh corn
• ▢ 15 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
• ▢ 1 red or green bell pepper seeded and diced
• ▢ 1 cup grape or cherry tomatoes halved or quartered
• ▢ ¼ cup finely diced red onion
• ▢ 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro chopped

Dressing

• ▢ ¼ cup olive oil
• ▢ 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• ▢ 1 teaspon granulated sugar
• ▢ ½ teaspoon ancho chili powder¹
• ▢ ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic finely minced

Instructions

• Remove kernals from ear of corn.
• Add kernals to bowl with black beans, bell pepper, tomatoes, onion, and cilantro.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients.
• Drizzle dressing over salad.
• Serve at room temperature or chill until ready to serve.
• If chilling, remove from fridge about 30 minutes before serving to take the chill off.

Notes

1. Can use regular chili powder. 
2. Nutrition values are estimates. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 160kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 376mg | Potassium: 317mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 255IU | Vitamin C: 24.3mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1.7mg

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Published 5/27/15. Updated 7/15/19.