Sweet Corn and Black Bean Salsa
This salsa is always a hit at parties! Sweet corn, black beans, juicy tomatoes and lots of spices make this easy to customize and very flavorful!
Ingredients
- 3 large tomatoes, or 3 cups
- 2 ears raw sweet corn
- 2 jalepeños, seeds removed, diced finely
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- ½ cup red onion, diced
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce (or to taste, see notes
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
Instructions
- Dice tomatoes and reserve as much of the juices as you can. See recipes notes about seed removal, it’s really up to you. Add tomatoes and juices to a medium size bowl.
- Remove the kernels of corn by laying the corn on its side and slicing kernels off. Alternatively you could you do it lengthwise by standing on end and using a bowl to catch the kernels.
- The jalepenos are optional. You may want to dice both up but only add in 1/2 - 1 jalepeño and taste it before adding more. Some jalepeñnos are spicier than others. The smaller the jalepeno, the spicier it will be. If you add two jalepeños, the salsa will be somewhere between mild and medium depending on how spicy the jalepeños are. Make sure you deseed the jalepeños. Cut them lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Dice very finely.
- Add all remaining ingredients and stir thoroughly.
- Serve immediately or store in fridge until use. Store leftovers in the fridge, covered, for up to five days. If you want to make this recipe in advance, see the last note in the recipe notes section.
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Notes
When fresh sweet corn and tomatoes are not in season, I make this recipe without the corn and I use Campari tomatoes instead of other tomatoes. Campari tomatoes are so small, I don't bother deseeding them. Their sweet flavor makes a great addition to this recipe. If your tomatoes have lots of large seeds, you may want to deseed them a bit. Maybe remove half of the seeds. Sometimes even when tomatoes are in season, I still use some Campari tomatoes because they are so sweet and work so well in this recipe.
Hot sauce- I know some people are sensitive to too much heat so I keep the recipe to 1 tsp. However, when I make this for parties, I add 2 tablespoons and everyone always loves it. It will also depend on how spicy your hot sauce is. I highly recommend using Tabasco Chipotle Pepper sauce. It is delicious in this recipe.
If you want to make this recipe the day before, I recommend cutting up everything except the tomatoes. Add to a dish, cover and store in fridge. Cut the tomatoes up the day of and add the lime, salt and hot sauce. Everything else can be prepped and stored in the fridge until you are ready for it. You can enjoy this right away or set it in the fridge for an hour or more to let the flavors develop.
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