Roasted Corn Salad is the perfect side for all your summer cookouts and BBQ’s during corn season.
I believe in taking full of advantage of corn on the cob season. I can’t wait for it to make it’s appearance at our local farmer’s market.
We’ve had several fun potluck BBQ’s and cookouts lately and with another one coming up over Labor Day weekend, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to make this salad. Potlucks are one of my favorite times to try new recipes.
The corn salad recipe was a hit at the potluck and I took home an empty dish. Always a sign of a winning recipe.
To make this roasted corn salad, I husked the corn and then popped it right on the hot grill. I didn’t add any oil or butter, just the husked corn. You want to roast it until you can smell the sweetness of the corn and the kernels start to get charred.
The salad is a combination of the roasted corn, red pepper, red onion , jalapeno, cilantro and a yummy creamy dressing. The yummy vinaigrette is the best part. Thanks to lime juice, the flavor is amazing.
It’s best if you can let the roasted corn salad refrigerate for 12-24 hours before serving. It helps all the flavors meld together. But I don’t always plan that far ahead and it still tastes great if you just mix it together and eat it!
Some of my other favorite corn salad recipes:
- Blueberry and Corn Salad (trust me on this one)
- Mexican Corn Salad
- Roasted Corn Summer Salad
Corn Salad Recipe
Roasted Corn Salad
Ingredients
- 5 ears corn on the cob shucked
- 1 medium red bell pepper seeded & diced
- 1/2 cup red onion minced
- 1/2 C chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 medium jalapeño pepper seeded and finely chopped
- 1/2 C light mayonnaise
- 1/2 C seasoned rice vinegar
- 3 Tbs granulated white sugar
- 3 medium limes zest and juice
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Grill the corn, dry, no oil.
- Cut the kernels off of the corn after grilling and place them in a large bowl
- Add the bell pepper, onion, cilantro and jalapeno
- In a separate bowl, combine mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, lime zest and juice
- Whisk to combine the dressing ingredients and season to taste with salt and pepper
- Pour the dressing over the vegetables (you may wish to dress the salad lightly and not use all of the dressing, so add a little and then assess if it needs more) and toss gently
Cooking Tips
- Flavors are better if make it 12 to 24 hours ahead of time
Nutrition
I’m looking forward to doing a lot of vegetable grilling this summer and will have to make something like this. Had the first grilled corn of the season just the other day (yes, there was a break in the clouds– we are in the NW too).
This was delicious! We had this for Sunday dinner and I had about 1 cup leftover since my older boys are in college and not at home. Tonight I made a Southwest type salad with romaine lettuce, cut up pieces of seasoned chicken, grated spicy jack cheese, some corn salad, tortilla strips and a spoon ful of the extra dressing I had leftover from the salad- YUM YUM!!!! Served it with some fruit and everyone loved it! Thanks Leigh Anne!
Yum! Yum! This will be one we try. Thanks for helping us to branch out and try different things.
That looks so colorful and fun and delicious! Thanks for visiting my site as well:) Have a great day!
this looks better than the blueberry salad, although the blueberry corn WAS good, my mom made it and brought me some.
Looks yummy! Love your blog…I see we have the same blog designer 😉 I will definitely try this, my children love everything with corn.
Sounds delicious!!! I’ll have to try this one this weekend! Thanks for sharing!!! :o)
I make one very similar, but without the mayonnaise or red peppers…and we add a can of black beans (rinsed), and a dash of cumin to give it a Mexican flair!
i love roasted corn – and look forward to trying this – i recently roasted two ears just to cut off the cob and put on a green salad – yummy! thanks for the recipe..
This looks yummy! Love all of the beautiful colors in it!
Glad it turned out great! The dressing is so good, isn’t it? The first time I had this, the gal who made it drenched it in the dressing, so I added those extra instructions (I think draining it is totally fine though since it really just soaks up the flavors).
I have the cookbook that Julie mentioned above, so I’m definitely going to check out that one too!
roasted corn salad is much different from blueberry corn! I have a favorite corn salad recipe from the Nordstrom Friends and Family Cookbook that has a champagne vinaigrette and plum tomatoes (I sub out the arugula – not a big fan). Never fails to garner requests to share the recipe. I will certainly try yours!!
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I have had some really good corn salads at picnics and potlucks this Summer. Your recipe looks like a keeper!