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SW Chopped Salad with Pinto Beans

Offer lighter fare with this chilled bean salad with kernels of roasted corn, chopped fresh tomatoes, red onion, and pickled jalapeños tossed with toasted cumin vinaigrette and crumbled queso fresco.

  • Cook Time

    30 Mins

  • Serves

    25

INGREDIENTS

  • 1, #10 can Bush’s Best® Low Sodium Pinto Beans, drained and rinsed
  • 4 each Fresh yellow corn on the cob, char-grilled and kernels removed
  • 8.5 oz Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • 7.5 oz Red onions, diced
  • 5 oz Pickled jalapeños, roughly chopped
  • 0.5 oz Fresh cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
  • 1½ Tbsp Cumin seeds, toasted until fragrant and coarsely ground
  • 4 each Fresh limes, squeezed
  • 1 oz Dijon mustard
  • 2 Fl oz Aged sherry vinegar
  • 2 Fl oz Agave nectar
  • 3 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Black pepper
  • 4 Fl oz Olive oil
  • 12 oz Romaine lettuce, rinsed, patted dry and chopped
  • 2 each Avocado, peeled and diced
  • 4 oz Queso fresco, crumbled
SW Chopped Salad featuring Bush’s Best® Low Sodium Pinto Beans offers a fresh, easy foodservice recipe option combined with roasted corn, tomatoes, red onion, pickled jalapeños, toasted cumin vinaigrette and queso fresco.DOWNLOAD RECIPE SHEET

INGREDIENTS

  • 1, #10 can Bush’s Best® Low Sodium Pinto Beans, drained and rinsed
  • 4 each Fresh yellow corn on the cob, char-grilled and kernels removed
  • 8.5 oz Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • 7.5 oz Red onions, diced
  • 5 oz Pickled jalapeños, roughly chopped
  • 0.5 oz Fresh cilantro leaves, roughly chopped
  • 1½ Tbsp Cumin seeds, toasted until fragrant and coarsely ground
  • 4 each Fresh limes, squeezed
  • 1 oz Dijon mustard
  • 2 Fl oz Aged sherry vinegar
  • 2 Fl oz Agave nectar
  • 3 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Black pepper
  • 4 Fl oz Olive oil
  • 12 oz Romaine lettuce, rinsed, patted dry and chopped
  • 2 each Avocado, peeled and diced
  • 4 oz Queso fresco, crumbled

DIRECTIONS

  1. Combine pinto beans, grilled corn, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños and cilantro together in a large mixing bowl.
  2. In second small bowl add cumin, lime juice, mustard, vinegar, agave nectar and salt and pepper. Whisk to combine. Slowly add olive oil while whisking to make vinaigrette.
  3. Pour vinaigrette over vegetable mixture, then add romaine, avocado and cheese. Gently fold to combine. Adjust seasoning if needed. Serve alongside tacos or other Tex-Mex entrées.
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Beans are among the most nutritionally complete foods available. No other food comes close to providing the same amount of protein, iron, magnesium, zinc, potassium, and soluble fiber.