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Avocado Black Bean Salad Recipe with Corn

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This avocado black bean salad is a great hearty southwestern side dish!  Perfect as a Taco Tuesday side dish, this simple salad is loaded with fresh corn, spices, herbs, and creamy avocado!

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We have tacos at least once a week, and this avocado black bean salad is the perfect side dish to make along side them. We keep all these ingredients on hand in the fridge/pantry, so throwing this together is a snap.  Since I’m usually chopping tomatoes, lettuce, and cilantro for taco toppings, its so easy to cut up a few extra to make this salad. 

The salad is super fresh and has a great tangy flavor from the citrus in the dressing.  And if you have a few extra avocados around that need to be used up… doubling the recipe works just as well!  See note below for saving some salad for later in the week 🙂

This Avocado Black Bean Salad Recipe Is:

  • Bright
  • Bold
  • Fresh
  • Flavorful
  • Loaded with Good-for-you Ingredients
  • Ready in 15 Minutes
  • Vegan, Gluten Free, Vegetarian, and SO Good!
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Make Avocado Black Bean Salad Vegetarian for a Plant-Based Version

This vegetarian black bean salad is a simple way to get extra veggies in your diet. I’m all about making recipes plant-based when I can. Vegetarian cooking does NOT have to be bland, boring, or flavorless… It’s quite the opposite when done right. By building meals around vegetarian pantry staples and swapping in a few plant-based ingredients you can make better meals for you and your family.

These easy and tasty recipes are fantastic meatless meals for your table.

What’s In This Avocado, Black Bean, and Corn Salad?

See the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!

  • Avocado, Corn, Salad Greens, Onion
  • Black Beans: Use no salt added or low sodium beans for better flavor and control of the salt in this dish.  I only use low or no sodium beans in my recipes.  You can always add salt in, but it’s impossible to take out.
  • Lime Juice
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Fresh garlic cloves
  • Pink Himalayan Sea Salt
  • Black Pepper
  • Adobo Seasoning
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30 Minute Side Salads for Entertaining

This black bean avocado salad is what I call an Easy Entertaining Recipe – which is on your table in about 30 minutes.  These quick and simple recipes are perfect for those last-minute potluck invites, or when you just want a home cooked meal but don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen.

Browse all our Easy Weeknight Meals, that are great for the whole family. From soups and stews, to pastas and proteins – a meal can be on your table in no time.  Just as fast as grabbing a quick prepared side dish from the store (and way more impressive too)!

How Do I Make This Avocado Black Bean Salad ?

  1. In a large bowl, add avocado, black beans, corn, tomato, red onion, cilantro, and salad greens. Set aside
  2. In a small mason jar, combine all the dressing ingredients together and shake well to combine
  3. Pour the dressing over the salad, and serve immediately!
  4. This can be made into a few mason jar salads by layering: dressing on bottom, all salad ingredients (except lettuce) in the middle, and your chopped lettuce greens on top!

Other Hearty Bean Salad Recipes You’ll Love!

Pantry 3 Bean Salad (Vegan, Gluten Free, No Cook Sides)

White Fence Farm Kidney Bean Salad: Copy Cat Recipe (Vegetarian, Vegan Option)

Three Bean Macaroni Salad Recipe (Vegan, Vegetarian, High Protein)

3 Bean Salad with Honey Vinaigrette Dressing (Vegetarian, GF)

Tuscan Bean and Barley Salad (Vegan, Costco Copycat Recipe)

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Avocado Black Bean Salad

Kelly Jensen
This avocado, corn, and black bean salad is a great hearty Mexican salad!  Perfect for a side with your favorite taco or burrito dishes.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Mexican, Southwest
Servings 4
Calories 290 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the Salad

  • 1 avocado cubed
  • 1 14 oz can of black beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup sweet corn
  • 1 fresh tomatoes diced
  • 1/2 cup red onion finely diced
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped
  • 2 cups of salad greens: spinach arugula, or leaf lettuce

For the Dressing

  • 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic pressed or minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl, add avocado, black beans, corn, tomato, red onion, cilantro, and salad greens. Set aside
  • In a small mason jar, combine all the dressing ingredients together and shake well to combine
  • Pour the dressing over the salad, and serve immediately!
  • This can be made into a few mason jar salads by layering: dressing on bottom, all salad ingredients (except lettuce) in the middle, and your chopped lettuce greens on top!

Nutrition

Calories: 290kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 13gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 311mgPotassium: 922mgFiber: 15gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1991IUVitamin C: 22mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 3mg
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