Low-Sodium Black Bean and Corn Salsa is better than store bought

Published August 28, 2019
Updated November 13, 2025

We love this black bean and corn salsa. It has all the beautiful colors and incredible flavors, it is just too good to resist.  Now we’ve made it low sodium!

If you have never made salsa before, you will be so surprised at how easy it is to make homemade salsa. For this recipe, all you need to do is to mix five ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate for 2 hours! Its so easy!

This salsa is gluten-free, vegan, dairy free, diabetes friendly and can easily be made ahead for your next party. We have even more recipes that feature either corn or black beans and all you need to do is to check out our recipe database and search for corn or black beans.

Here are a few of our most popular recipes featuring corn:

If you are looking for other recipes similar to Black Bean and Corn Salsa, you may want to try cowboy caviar which also has corn and black beans in it and is served as an appetizer with chips.

And for other tasty recipes using black beans, here are some of our favorites:

Low-Sodium Black Bean Salsa

We love salsa. All of the beautiful colors and incredible flavors, it is just too good to resist! Now we've made it low sodium! We're the best.
Servings 4
Course Appetizers and Snacks, Side Dish
Cuisine Gluten Free, Mexican, Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 can black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 container pico de gallo
  • 1 can corn drained and rinse
  • 1 lime juiced
  • 2 tbsp cilantro chopped

Method

  1. All ingredients in a bowl. Let sit in fridge for 2 hours until cold, serve with tortilla chips.

Nutrition

Carbohydrates38gProtein9gFat2gSodium160mgPotassium594mgFiber7g

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-recipe reviewed and updated March 2020

An award winning recipe developer, Dietitian Kaitlin’s mission is to empower others to reach their health goals by encouraging them to get back into the kitchen. Co-author of Nourished: 10 Ingredients to Happy, Healthy Eating and Cooking with Diabetes.

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