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Spicy lime & mixed bean salad in two jars

Spicy lime & mixed bean salad

Name: Spicy lime & mixed bean salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 limes; 1 tbsp olive oil; ¼ tsp tajin or chilli powder; 400g can mixed beans drained; 5 cherry tomatoes finely chopped; ½ 198g can sweetcorn (or use around 75g defrosted frozen sweetcorn); ½ small red onion or a shallot, finely diced; ¼ cucumber finely diced; small handful of parsley finely chopped; 8 mint leaves finely chopped; handful of corn tortilla chips; 2 heaped tbsp sliced jalapeños

Samuel Goldsmith

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Serves 2

Prep: 20 mins

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Pack up this spicy mixed bean salad for an on-the-go lunch, or enjoy as a side dish in a summer barbecue. Add tortilla chips and jalapeños to serve

Dairy-free

Egg-free

Gluten-free

High-fibre

Low calorie

Vegan

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 limes
1 tbsp olive oil
¼ tsp tajin or chilli powder
400g can mixed beans

drained
5 cherry tomatoes

finely chopped
½ 198g can sweetcorn

(or use around 75g defrosted frozen sweetcorn)
½ small red onion

or a shallot, finely diced
¼ cucumber

finely diced
small handful of parsley

finely chopped
8 mint leaves

finely chopped
handful of corn tortilla chips
2 heaped tbsp sliced jalapeños

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal363

low
fat13g
saturates2g
carbs43g
sugars9g
fibre13g

high
protein12g
salt1.94g

Method

step 1

Zest 1 lime into a small bowl, then remove the peel and pith from both. Segment the limes, then tip the segments in a large bowl and squeeze the juice from all the peel and the core of the limes into the small bowl with the zest. Mix the olive oil and tajin or chilli powder into the juice and set aside.
step 2

Tip the beans, tomatoes, sweetcorn, onion, cucumber, parsley and mint into the bowl with the lime segments and mix together. Season to taste.
step 3

If you’re transporting the salad, layer it up in one or two containers. Start with pouring in the dressing followed by the bean mixture, the tortilla chips (which you may need to break up a little), then the jalapeños. Shake up just before serving or tip out into bowls and mix. Alternatively, if serving straightaway, toss the bean mixture in the dressing then scatter over the tortilla chips and jalapeños.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2025

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