Black Bean Salsa

This black bean salsa is made with black beans, corn, tomato, red onion, cilantro and jalapeño peppers for a spicy kick! It’s super easy and makes a delicious dip.

You will love this black bean salsa. It’s so easy to make and it’s healthy and bursting with flavor too.

It also uses simple ingredients that are so easy to throw together. So if you need to make a delicious dip in a hurry, this is the perfect option.

For more delicious appetizers check out our baked jalapeño poppers and baked spinach dip.

Ingredients You Need:

Ingredient Notes

• Black beans – we use canned black beans for ease in this recipe. If you happen to have ready cooked black beans on hand, then you can use 1 and ½ cups.
• Jalapeño peppers – these just give this dip a spicy kick but it’s mild. So this also suits people who aren’t big fans of spicy food. You can also omit the jalapeños if you don’t want it to be spicy at all.
• Cayenne pepper – also for a little heat, you can also omit this if you don’t want it spicy at all.
• Fresh limes – this is a perfect flavor match for this black bean salsa. Limes are sweeter than lemons and just work perfectly in this recipe. You can use fresh lemons if you can’t get limes but the overall flavor of the dip won’t be as good.
• Whole corn – we used canned corn in this recipe for simplicity sake, but you can use fresh whole corn as well or thawed frozen corn, in that case use 1 and ½ cups.

How To Make Black Bean Salsa

Full instructions and measurements can always be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. This is a summary of the process to go along with the process photos.

• Add black beans, corn, chopped red onion, tomatoes, jalapeño peppers and fresh chopped cilantro to a mixing bowl and toss together until well mixed.

• Add fresh squeezed lime juice, olive oil, crushed garlic, salt, cumin and cayenne pepper to a measuring jug and whisk together until properly mixed.
• Pour this out over the tossed ingredients in the mixing bowl.

• Toss the salsa with the dressing until well mixed.
• Place the salsa in the fridge for 30 minutes or longer for the flavors to blend before serving.
• Serve with corn chips and slices of fresh lime.

Recipe Tips

Whisk the dressing. This dressing needs to be whisked very well. If you have a small electric whisk (we have one that we use primarily for coffee) then this works great to slightly emulsify your dressing. But a small hand whisk also works, it just takes a little longer. You can also shake the dressing ingredients up in a bottle or jar to mix everything well.

Add avocado – if you love adding avocado to everything then you can certainly add it to this salsa as well. Just peel and dice the avocado and add it right before serving.

Make Ahead and Storing

Make Ahead: This is a perfect dip to make up ahead of time as the flavors blend together wonderfully in the fridge. So you can make this the day before without any issues. Just toss it up again before serving.

Storing: This salsa will store well in the fridge for 3-4 days.

More Delicious Dips and Dressings

1. The Best Hummus
2. Tzatziki
3. Ranch Dressing
4. Homemade Tartar Sauce
5. Spinach Artichoke Dip
6. Baba Ganoush

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