This creation is for one of my best college friends, Stacey. When we were in college, we used to get this delicious bean mix every day to go on top of our salads from the to-go section of our dining hall (bottom of Lenoir for all you Tarheels :). Ever since we started the food blog, Stacey has been asking me to try and recreate the bean salad. Here you go Stace! This is my first try at it & after tweaking some of the spices, I think it came out pretty close to the original! I thought about using Italian dressing instead of the olive oil & may try this next time. Best of all, it's only one step. If any of you have great recipes for black bean salad, let me know! I hope you like it Stacey :) Oh yeah, it gets even better if it sits in the fridge for a while! P.S. - I took this photo, so sorry if it doesn't look quite as great as Michael's pics do :)
Ingredients
- 1 can black beans, drained
- 1/2 can (15 oz) corn kernels, drained
- 1 jalapeno, minced
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1.5 tbsp. lime juice
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. chili powder
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1/2 tsp. sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
Directions
- Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix well. Add extra salt to taste, if needed.
23 comments:
I bet that tastes oh so good!
anything with just one step direction and that gets better in the fridge is a winner for me! Sounds delicious, indeed!
This sounds amazing, my taste buds are doing a jig. Love the colors, so appealing.
cumin, chili powder, lime juice... nice combination. p.s. I stocked up on that israeli/mediterranean couscous this week.
I love black beans. This really sounds good!
I love love love this kind of salad! So fresh, healthy, and tasty!
And, sadly, we have no Trader Joes near us! Ive actually never been to one, but would love to!
Your salad is great! Black beans are, I believe, always a great way to make a salad. I also believe they are at their best when paired with jalapenos and cilantro.
Good job!:)
I love the color of this dish and I love the shots..
Delicious indeed! :)
I love salsa and this one looks awfully good.
I think the picture looks fabulous! Great combination of ingredients! Love that you re-created something that has such great memories involved. yummy! Hope you two have a fabulous fourth
Your bean salad sounds yummy! I think I could eat just this and forget about the salad.:)
i think the photos are great--any dish containing black beans, corn, and cilantro will ALWAYS be beautiful to me. splendid salad--i love every part of it.
Yum! I love black beans :) So good for you too!
Looks great to me! Ah dining hall days...the only 2 things I truely remember from the dining halls were the zucchini bread and the nights we got King Crab Legs!!! This sounds delicious, though :)
That looks as though it's got a really good kick to it! My dining hall didn't have anything close to this. I lived off of Subway sandwiches during my freshman year.
That's one of my favorite combos: I eat it as a salad: works well with chicken or beef and in wraps!
Oooh I just need some nachos to scoop that up and devour!
I love bean salad!
That is one tasty looking black bean salads. I really like to use beans in salads like this.
Mmmm, this looks awesome! Great combo of flavors. :)
This is my kind of salad - I love black beans and all the layers of flavor, yum!
I love salads like this for summer. Great recipe!
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