Black Bean + Cornbread Panzanella Salad.
As you know, one of my goals in life is making fun vegetableless salads.
Or at least – salads with the least amount of vegetables possible. This guarantees that I will actually… eat them. The salads. Not the vegetables.
I guess that is sort of beyond the point then, huh? Whatevah. Not proud but… it’s the deal.
Right now I am stuck in the middle of a mexican/texmex food love affair. Then again… when am I not? I actually made this salad a few weeks ago (hence the jalepeno margs) after I got a bit overzealous with the cornbread (four batches in three days… what what) and needed to do SOMETHING with it besides just eat it. I love all sorts of panzanella salads and as usual, trashed one up a bit. Surprise surprise. What? It still has bread. And tomatoes.
Just let me be.
I sort of threw it together on a whim, what with the leftover cornbread, some extra copycat chipotle corn salsa and more of the chile lime vinaigrette that I used on last month’s tequila fajita steak salad. No no, it wasn’t a month old. Worry not. I made more.
The fact is though that this salad really got no lovin’ at all as it was mostly comprised of a miss mash of leftovers dying in my fridge and things that I didn’t want to have to deal with anymore. I loved it so much though.
…even I did have a few lettuce leaves with my cornbread croutons.
Black Bean + Cornbread Panzanella Salad
Ingredients
- 1 batch of cornbread cut into cubes
- 12 ounces of baby romaine lettuce
- 1 cup of black beans
- 1 cup of copycat chipotle corn salsa
- 1 avocado, cubed
- 1 pint of grape tomatoes, halved
- salt + pepper
chile lime vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon red pepper or chile oil
- 2 teaspoons honey
- the juice of 2 limes
- a pinch of salt + pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spread cornbread cubes on a baking sheet. Bake for 6-7 minutes, toss, then bake for 6-8 minutes more, until golden and toasted. Set aside.
- While the cornbread is toasting, combine lettuce, tomatoes, black beans, avocado, corn salsa and cilantro in a large bowl. Season with a bit of salt and pepper and toss well to combine. Add in the cornbread croutons and toss again. Serve with chili lime vinaigrette!
chile lime vinaigrette
- Combine all ingredients in a mason jar, shaker bottle or large bowl and shake/whisk until combined.
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93 Comments on “Black Bean + Cornbread Panzanella Salad.”
Yeah, I could definitely get down with this salad. It’s kind of perfect for me too, because as I am often cooking for one, when I make a batch of cornbread, it’s up to me to eat it all. I know I know, it’s a tough life I live. This would be a great way to enjoy the leftovers.
This is my type of salad!! Sounds amazing.
Yes. Just, yes.
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So this is my first recipe I’ve made from you HowSweet! The verdict? Well, my husband likes to rate my dinners 1-5 stars. (He gave this 5 out of 5 stars!)
The flavor is great! I love the unique cornbread croutons and the zing of the dressing.
Thanks for a keeper!
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Thanks so much for this recipe. I have made it multiple times for myself and brought it to a friend’s potluck dinner last night. Such a winner!
this is on the menu tonight for dinner … not only does it sound delish it also looks great on the plate! thx!
This sounds delightful. But what I’m drooling over, truth be told, are those beautiful cornbread .. My favorites are the black bean ! Thanks for great recipes! I had featured u in the post of Top 7 Unusual Recipes with Bread
on AllFreshRecipes, looking forward to ur delish recipes!
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My boyfriend just found this recipe and made it (so proud of him!) and it was FANTASTIC. He didn’t use the cornbread, just regular sourdough and it was still great bc the dressing is so damn good.
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