a vibrant, mouthwatering salad made with tangy apples and black beans. You may serve this salad simply, over a bed of lettuce, or over tortilla chips.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 Granny Smith apples, unpeeled, cored, and chopped
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Heat the canola oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion and red bell pepper in the hot oil until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes; season with cumin, salt, and cayenne pepper. Scrape into a mixing bowl; stir in the black beans, apples, lemon juice, and cilantro. Refrigerate until cold before serving.
Reviews
I don’t care for the cumin taste. It was just OK for me. Won’t make it again.
This salad was great. I’ve never made a salad with apples before and had some on hand. I used granny smith apples, green bell peppers, yellow spanish onion, olive oil, and black beans that were preseasoned with cumin and chili. I didn’t cut my apples up small enough which makes the salad a little awkward to eat, I would recommend making everything a similar size. I used a decent amount of lemon juice as well. I think this helps keep the salad a little longer. Overall, I will be making this salad again. It’s very tasty.
Love it! Easy and keeps well- great for lunches and picnics.
While this recipe by itself is perfect, I did make a few alterations. I did not add any salt to this recipe, I added a green pepper as well as another red pepper. The main thing that I would suggest doing is to put the apples into a separate bowl and toss them with lemon juice so that they do not brown.
Good flavor, but I added garlic instead of cumin. I also added lime juice in addition to lemon. I gave it five stars because it’s really easy and a great way other than black bean soup to prepare black beans!
Very good recipe as is. Next time I will cook garlic with the vegetables. I will also add a seeded, deveined jalapeno pepper before chilling and use lime instead of lemon. Excellent alternative to your regular black bean salad or when you’re trying to use up the last of the season’s apples.