Warmed Black Bean Salad with Creamy Lime and Goat’s Cheese Dressing

Warmed Black Bean Salad with Creamy Lime and Goat’s Cheese Dressing

Ready in 25 minutes • Serves 2-3
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, April 24, 2016.
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Black bean and goat's cheese flavor this mouthwatering salad!

Ingredients

WARMED BLACK BEAN SALAD

  • 1 capsicum
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1/2 punnet cherry tomatoes
  • 30g sliced jalapeños (optional)
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen corn kernels, defrosted
  • 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • Zest of 1 lime
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves and stalks

CREAMY LIME AND GOAT'S CHEESE DRESSING

  • 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise ž
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil ž
  • 1/2 block Chèvre goat’s cheese, crumbled

TO SERVE

  • 1/4–1/2 block Chèvre goat’s cheese
  • 2 handfuls watercress
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

Steps

  1. Remove core and seeds from capsicum and dice 1.5cm; finely slice red onion; cut cherry tomatoes in half; roughly chop jalapenos (if using). Combine all in a bowl.
  2. Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium fry-pan on high heat. Fry corn for about 4… minutes, or until starting to colour and turn golden.
  3. Add black beans and lime zest to pan to heat beans through, 1–2‹ minutes. Remove from heat.
  4. In a bowl, whisk all dressing ingredients (except goat’s cheese) together until smooth. Fold through goat’s cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  5. Add all remaining salad ingredients to pan, along with half the dressing and toss gently to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. Divide salad between plates, crumble over a little more goatˆs cheese, then top with watercress. Drizzle over remaining dressing and garnish with coriander.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2315 kj
553 kcal
Protein 25.3g
Carbohydrate 53.6g
Fat 25.6g