Easy Black Bean Salsa Recipe

This Easy Black Bean Salsa Recipe takes about 10 minutes to put together.

Made with pantry ingredients including corn and tomatoes, this colorful and flavorful salsa is perfect when served as an appetizer, side, or even as a condiment.

What makes bean salsa so good?

Not only is bean salsa super easy to make, it is loaded with colorful, flavorful, and healthy ingredients.

I like how versatile black bean salsa is with so many options on how to serve it. .

Have you tried my Homemade Salsa Verde Recipe?

Made with tomatillos, jalapeño pepper, and garlic, that green colored salsa is savory, spicy, and somewhat tangy. Both this recipe for black bean salsa and that recipe for salsa verde would go great when served together at a gathering or as part of a family dinner.

Why you will love salsa made with black beans.

This is a quick and easy recipe that takes about 10 minutes to put together.

Here is what else you will like about this recipe.

• The ingredients used to make this recipe are basic pantry ingredients that you may already have on hand.
• Black bean salsa is friendly to vegan and vegetarian diets.
• You can serve this salsa as an appetizer dip with chips, as a side with a meal such as Chicken Wings, or as a condiment on top of your Air Fryer Hot Dogs .
• Personalizing this recipe is as easy as adding a chopped jalapeño or stirring in some chopped celery for a crunchy element.

Ingredients you will need to make easy black bean salsa.

• Black Beans. Use canned black beans as they have already been cooked. Your beans should be rinsed and drained.
• Corn. Whole kernel corn such as canned corn.
• Tomatoes. Roma tomatoes have a nice color, texture, and flavor for this recipe. Your tomatoes should have the seeds etc scooped and and then be diced.
• Red Onion. Diced into small pieces.
• Garlic. Your garlic should be minced.
• Cilantro Fresh cilantro that has been chopped.
• Olive Oil Added for flavor and bit of moisture.
• Lime Juice. Freshly squeezed is preferred. This adds a nice flavor balance to this recipe.
• Seasonings (optional): such as salt, pepper, ground cumin, or Southwest Seasoning .

Expert Tip👉 In even more of a hurry? Try using canned diced tomatoes that has been drained (I am a fan of the diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano).

How to make black bean with corn salsa.

Prep Time: 10 minutes, add chill time .
Servings: 8, depending on how it is served.

1. Prepare. Gather your ingredients and prepare them as indicated. This includes rinsing and draining the beans as dicing the tomatoes and onion.
2. Combine. In a large bowl, combine together your black beans, corn, diced tomatoes, dice onion, and minced garlic.
3. Toss. Add half of the olive oil (two tablespoons) and half of the lime juice (one tablespoon) and toss the ingredients. Then add the cilantro, seasonings, remaining olive oil and lime juice and toss again.
4. Serve. This recipe is best when you refrigerate the ingredients for at least 20 minutes to allow the flavors to meld together. Stir the ingredients and make adjustments as needed with your seasonings.

Tips for making the best homemade black beans salsa.

Canned black beans have already been cooked and are ready to eat, which is why they work for this recipe. Just make sure that you have drained all of the juice from can, rinsed your beans, and have allowed the water to drain before adding them to this recipe.

More helpful tips for you.

1. Canned corn works great in this recipe as well. I like to rinse and drain my corn before adding it. While frozen corn can be used, it should be allowed to thaw first as you probably do not want to add the water from the ice to your salsa.
2. This salsa really tastes best when it is refrigerated and the ingredient flavors are allowed to meld together. Refrigerating your salsa also makes this recipe a perfect 'make ahead of time' kind of dish.
3. Optional add-in ingredients that could work in this recipe include chopped avocado (use firm avocado), chopped peppers (hot or bell), or chopped celery for a bit of crunch.