Healthy Black Bean Salad Recipe (Simple, Vegan)
Black Bean Salad is a healthy, simple, and easy-to-make vegan salad recipe that can be prepared in less than 20 minutes.
Servings: 2
Calories: 282kcal
Equipment
- Steamer
Ingredients
- 2 cups Black beans
- 2 cups Spinach
- 1 Celery
- 1 Carrot
- ½ cup Cabbage
- 1 Capsicum or Bell pepper any color
- 5 Green beans optional
- 1 Spring onion
- 2 tablespoon Cilantro or Coriander leaves
- 1 Green chilli or Japaleno optional
- 2 tablespoon Lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon Cayenne powder / Red chile powder
- ½ teaspoon Cumin ground
- ½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes optional
- Black pepper powder to taste
- Garlic salt or salt to taste
Instructions
Preparation
- Use canned beans or dried beans soaked overnight and cooked in a pressure cooker or instant pot. You can check instructions on how to cook black beans from scratch here.2 cups Black beans
- Chop all the vegetables that you are going to use lengthwise or to the desired shape except for spinach.
- Steam the vegetables (celery, carrot, cabbage, capsicum, green beans) for 5 minutes using a steamer. Add spinach for the last 1 minute.2 cups Spinach, 1 Celery, 1 Carrot, ½ cup Cabbage, 1 Capsicum or Bell pepper, 5 Green beans
Toss the ingredients
- In a large bowl, add black beans, steamed vegetables, spring onion, cilantro, and jalapeno.1 Spring onion, 2 tablespoon Cilantro or Coriander leaves, 1 Green chilli or Japaleno
- To this, add the dressing - lemon juice, cayenne, cumin, red pepper flakes, black pepper powder, salt to taste and toss well.2 tablespoon Lemon juice, ½ teaspoon Cayenne powder / Red chile powder, ½ teaspoon Cumin, ½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes, Black pepper powder, Garlic salt or salt to taste
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- You can saute the vegetables in a pan with olive oil if you do not like them steamed.
- I have used multi-colored bell peppers.
- You can also add cherry tomatoes, zucchini, and sweet corn.
- Vary the amount of cayenne powder as per your taste.
- Make sure you rinse and drain if using canned black beans.
- Love crunch? You can also add walnuts or any other nuts and seeds of your choice.
- Cabbage can be substituted with lettuce.
- You can also top your salad with avocado slices and some grated cheese.
Store, Make Ahead
- You can store the black bean salad in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- This is also one of the best dishes you can make ahead of time. When you let the salad sit for some time, the flavors have time to meld. Store in the refrigerator, but make sure you toss them before serving.
- I would not recommend freezing this salad as the vegetables may turn mushy as they thaw.
Nutrition
Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 1169mg | Fiber: 19g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 10238IU | Vitamin C: 104mg | Calcium: 122mg | Iron: 6mg