Brown Rice Salad with Black Beans and Corn

Brown Rice Salad with Black Beans and Corn

Total Time
25 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Thanks to instant brown rice, this Tex-Mex side dish comes together fast — great for warm-weather cookouts. Cut back on the jalapeño for less heat.

Ingredients

Uncooked instant brown rice

1 cup(s)

Canned black beans

15 oz, rinsed and drained

Frozen corn

1 cup(s), thawed

Uncooked scallions

¼ cup(s), chopped

Cilantro

2 Tbsp, fresh, chopped

Jalapeño pepper

2 tsp(s), pickled, minced, or less to taste

Fresh lime juice

1 Tbsp

Lime zest

1 tsp(s), finely grated

Table salt

¼ tsp, or to taste

Black pepper

¼ tsp, freshly ground, or to taste

Lime

1 medium, quartered

Instructions

  1. Cook rice according to package directions.
  2. While rice is still warm, stir in beans, corn, scallions, cilantro, jalapeno, lime juice and zest; season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with lime wedges. Yields about 1 heaping cup per serving.