This black bean and grilled corn salad is a tasty and nutritious dish. You can serve it as an appetizer or side dish. It’s also perfect now that the grilling season is in full swing.
I have a love affair with legumes. There’s nothing I like more than a lentil soup, black bean soup, black-eyed pea soup… But since this is not the season to have hot stuff, I make them in salads. I even made a delicious black bean hummus recently.
Legumes are a source of protein with no fat or cholesterol. They are also an important source of carbohydrates, so they satisfy you and give you tons of energy.
I must be getting older. Because now I worry about things I didn’t care about before. C’est la vie…
A Feast of Colors, Flavors, and Textures
Confessions aside, this salad is a true explosion of colors, textures, and flavors. Black beans, grilled corn, red bell pepper, tomato, and red onion with a lot of fresh cilantro.
This salad is a first cousin of my Texas caviar and my zesty Latin quinoa salad. And it’s also related to my delicious chickpea salad and my three-bean salad.
How to Make Black Bean and Grilled Corn Salad
I made this salad with canned black beans and grilled and shelled corn cobs. But you can make with canned corn. The rest, is a breeze.
Either way, what follows is the list of utensils and ingredients needed to make this recipe. You can easily buy them online, through my Amazon Affiliate Program:
Black Bean and Grilled Corn Salad Recipe
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Black Bean & Grilled Corn Salad with Cilantro
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups black beans cooked and drained
- 1 ½ cups corn kernels from grilled cobs
- 1 cup tomato seeded and diced
- ½ cup red onion minced
- ¼ cup red bell pepper finely diced
- 1 ½ cups cilantro leaves washed and dried
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons of red wine vinegar
- Coarse sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a bowl combine the beans, corn, tomato, onion, pepper and cilantro.
- In a cup, combine the olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper and mix to emulsify.
- Add the vinaigrette to the salad and toss.
- Cover and marinate in the fridge for at least half an hour.
- Serve cold.
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God knows that I could be eating this salad all day everyday with tortillas in burritos or as a dip
Yesssss! That’s my girl!
I would love to try this salad. It looks delicious and healthy, plus easy to prepare.
Indeed Blair! Thanks for stopping by my friend.
This is definitely something that I’d love to try at home. Thanks for sharing this! Love everything about it.
Thank you Algene. You will love it!
Grilled corn and black beans…Oh I WANT!!!! I would use instead smoked black beans, yummmmmm…Can’t wait to try it.
That’s a great idea Chad!
That looks really delicious!
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Lovely
Thank you my dear.
I’ve never heard of something like this but it would be gorgeous! I love grilled corn so adding it to a salad would add much needed texture and flavour.
Yessss! Thank you Nyxie.
Yum! I’m always on the hunt for new side dish ideas, and this is perfect! I already know this recipe would be a big hit with my guys!
Yesss! Thank you Jen.
I really like black beans and also love corn and pico de gallo and so I think I would really enjoy the salad. Sounds and looks delicious. I hope to try this recipe sometimes.
And you’re absolutely right: add some jalapeo and this is a grilled corn and black bean pico de gallo!
wow this recipe seriously looks so lovely and tasty..i have no idea that corn can also be used in salad way..thanks for sharing this..loved it..
Thank you for stopping by.
looks absolutely delicious! I would love to try this recipe for myself as well
Yesss! You’ll love it Lyosha!
Need to try this out! Im not a fan of salads but been trying to find ways to spice the flavor up! Thank you
Thank you Antony!
An excellent healthy, fresh and light salad absolutely to try.
Thank you my dear Cristina!
This is a salad that I would enjoy. The black beans would be my favorite part of the salad.
Thank you Tara!
I think I’m going to make this salad today. I have black beans on my pantry,and although I don’t have fresh corn, I have canned corn and I’m thinking on put in on a pan for a little bit to get that “grill” marks. This way I don’t have to to to the grocery store until Tomorrow or Sunday, our usual days.
Perfect Blanquita! Thank you so much!