Recipe: Appetizing Grilled Corn Salad

Grilled Corn Salad. Preheat grill or broiler to medium heat. Grilled corn, a Hatch chile pepper, and goat cheese get all zesty together with a squeeze of fresh lime juice to make a simple salad with a big punch of flavor. Add the cumin, olive oil, vinegar or lime juice, and crumbly cheese (if using).

Watch the short video showing you how to create this Grilled Corn Salad recipe, then scroll to the bottom of this post and print out the complete recipe so you can make it at home. Add a shower of crumbled feta over your finished salad for a creamy, cheesy element. Make this as a corn salad with black beans. You can cook Grilled Corn Salad using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Grilled Corn Salad

1. You need 4 of ears of fresh corn on the cob, husked and silks removed.
2. You need 3 tbsp of seasoned rice vinegar.
3. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil.
4. Prepare 1/3 cup of small diced red onion.
5. You need 1/4 tsp of black pepper and salt to tsste.
6. It's 1/4 tsp of cajun seasoning.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of hot sauce, such as franks brand.
8. You need 1 tbsp of fresh chopped basil leaves.
9. You need 4 slice of crispy cooked bacon for garnish.

This smoky grilled corn salad with fresh tomatoes and basil is the perfect, easy side dish and is a great way to use fresh summer corn. Full recipe + amounts can be found in the recipe card below. It goes perfect with anything you're grilling! Sweet summer corn doesn't require much fuss to make it taste good, but the combination of sweet corn and slightly salty Feta cheese is simply magical, whether you enjoy this warm or cold!

Grilled Corn Salad instructions

1. Preheat grill to high heat..
2. MAKE DRESSING.
3. In a large bowl combine vinegar, oil, onion, pepper, cajun seasoning, hot sauce and basil whisk to combine and set aside to wait for grilled corn.
4. Place corn directly on grill, do not add butter or oil, just plain dry corn. Grill turning as brown spots appear, about 5 minutes total time. Remove from grill and using gloves or holding the top of the corn cob with paper towels (to protect your hands from the heat) cut kernals off cob. Combine with dressing and mix well..
5. Garnish with bacon, crumbled. We have everyone add the bacon on each portion to keep it crispy..
6. This salad is also good cold!.

For the corn: Prepare a grill for medium-high heat. Brush the corn with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. This Grilled Corn Salad can be served a few different ways. You can place it in the serving bowl or plate with the veggies separated (like the photo below). When it's time to serve, just toss it together with the dressing.